Green olive

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Name Variations

 * Agrinion olive
 * Arauco olive
 * Arbequina olive
 * Atalanta olive
 * green Cerignola
 * Lucque olive
 * Nafplion green olive
 * Picholine olive
 * Sevillano olive
 * Sicilian olive

About Green olives
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The Olive (Olea europaea) is a species of small tree in the family Oleaceae, native to coastal areas of the eastern Mediterranean region, from Syria and the maritime parts of Asia Minor and northern Iran at the south end of the Caspian Sea. Its use as a major agricultural product in preclassical Greece led to its wider distribution throughout the western Mediterranean. Olive trees show a marked preference for calcareous soils, flourishing best on limestone slopes and crags, and coastal climate conditions.