oil-bearing tree
nounUK /ɔɪl ˈbeərɪŋ triː/
US /ɔɪl ˈberɪŋ triː/
A tree that makes oil in its seeds or fruit.
The olive is an oil-bearing tree that people grow for cooking oil.
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OTHER MEANINGS
2. A tree whose wood or bark contains natural oils.
Some oil-bearing trees are cut for their fragrant wood.
3. A tree grown mainly for industrial oil rather than food.
Farmers planted an oil-bearing tree to make fuel from its seeds.
4. Any tree that yields oil used in soap or medicine.
The oil-bearing tree in the village is used to make soap.