Crossword-Solution: OLEASTERS
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| Word | Anagrams | |
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| OLEASTERS | anagram | STORESALE |
We have 3 clues for the answer “OLEASTERS”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Buffalo berry and Russian olive | 1 answer |
| Shrubs with olive-shaped fruit. | 1 answer |
| Ornamental shrubs | 9 answers |
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Form of quartz with coloured bands
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Hint 1 meaning
A semipellucid, uncrystallized variety of quartz, presenting
various tints in the same specimen. Its colors are delicately arranged
in stripes or bands, or blended in clouds.
Hint 2 anagram
EAGAT
Hint 3 another clue
CERTAIN BRAIN SIZE
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Sentences with OLEASTERS (4)
Spiky reeds and tamarisks trip alongside, and the wild fig thrusts demoniac roots into the crevices; here and there you may see a group of oleasters, descendants, maybe, of the now vanished Roman olive plantations in the plain, or a stunted palm that has shot up from the stone cast away by some passing caravan.
Monsieur Bordereau thinks that the ancient "forest of Africa" was composed chiefly of olive plantations, and proofs of the former abundance of these trees can be found in certain local names, such as Jebel Zitouna--the Mount of Olives--clinging to localities where not a tree is now visible; there are also sporadic oleasters growing near many Roman ruins.
Clumps of oleanders and oleasters among ilexes, laurels, pines, yews, and cypresses, encircled by tall myrtle hedges, make the grounds in many parts more like a labyrinth than a garden.
Whatever number there is might easily be tripled, if any one had the energy to graft the oleasters, with which the hills are covered.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: NYT, WSJ.
Used 3 times in crossword archives (1945–2020).