Note: Every part of the plant is dangerously poisonous, and death has occured from using its wood for skewers in cooking meat.
OLEANDRINE
O`le*an"drine, n. (Chem.)
Defn: One of several alkaloids found in the leaves of the oleander.
OLEASTER O`le*as"ter, n. Etym: [L., fr. olea olive tree. See Olive, Oil.] (Bot.) (a) The wild olive tree (Olea Europea, var. sylvestris). (b) Any species of the genus Elæagus. See Eleagnus. The small silvery berries of the common species (Elæagnus hortensis) are called Trebizond dates, and are made into cakes by the Arabs.
OLEATE
O"le*ate, n. Etym: [Cf.F. oléate.] (Chem.)
Defn: A salt of oleic acid. Some oleates, as the oleate of mercury, are used in medicine by way of inunction.
OLECRANAL
O*lec"ra*nal, a. (Anat.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to the olecranon.
OLECRANON
O*lec"ra*non, n. Etym: [NL., fr.Gr. (Anat.)
Defn: The large process at the proximal end of the ulna which projects behind the articulation with the humerus and forms the bony prominence of the elbow.