See Also: olive branch(dictionary)
communicating branch of otic ganglion with meningeal branch of mandibular nerve(medicine)
apical branch of inferior lobar branch of right pulmonary artery(medicine)
posterior branch of right branch of portal vein(medicine)
inferior lingular branch of lingular branch of left pulmonary artery(medicine)
communicating branch of glossopharyngeal nerve with auricular branch of vagus nerve(medicine)
superior lingular branch of lingular branch of superior lobar left pulmonary artery(medicine)
Oyl, Olive(dictionary)
Olive(recipes)
Olive oil(recipes)

sporophyte (iou) and olive branch (iou)


sporophyte (iou)



sporophyte noun. L19.
[from SPORO- + -PHYTE.]
Botany. In the alternation of generations: the asexual, usu. diploid phase in the life cycle of a plant (the dominant form in vascular plants but in bryophytes dependent on the gametophyte) which produces the spores from which the gametophyte arises. Cf. GAMETOPHYTE.
sporophytic adjective pertaining to or of the Nature of a sporophyte L19.
sporo'phytically adverb L20.

olive branch (iou)



olive branch noun phr. ME.
[from OLIVE noun1 + BRANCH noun.]
A branch of an olive tree. ME.
b. This as an emblem of peace (with allus. to Genesis 8:11); fig. any token of peace or goodwill. ME.
Pall Mall Gazette Here comes Mr. Balfour with his olive branch, ingeminating peace.
A child (with allus. to Psalms 128:3). Usu. in pl. Now joc. L17.