Definition of wild olives:
(n) :
Any of several species resembling a typical olive tree from plant families some of which are only very distantly related.
(n) :
Several species in the genus Elaeagnus (family Elaeagnaceae), particularly:
(n) :
Subspecies of Olea europea, which includes the cultivated olive (family Oleaceae)
(n) :
Elaeagnus angustifolia (silver berry, oleaster, Persian olive)
(n) :
Elaeagnus latifolia (oleaster)
(n) :
Bontia daphnoides (family Scrophulariaceae; bastard olive)