It is also one of the seven items which are used in Haft Sin or the seven 'S's which is a traditional table setting of Nowruz, the traditional Persian spring celebration.
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Its common name comes from its similarity in appearance to the olive (Olea europaea), in a different botanical family, Oleaceae.
It was probably the oleaster (Elaeagnus angustifolia), which grows abundantly in almost all parts of the Land of Israel, especially about Hebron and Samaria.
Fraxinus angustifolia | Araucaria angustifolia | Elaeagnus | ''U. m.'' subsp. ''angustifolia'' | ''Elytraria caroliniensis'' var. ''angustifolia'' | Elaeagnus pungens | Elaeagnus angustifolia | ''Araucaria angustifolia'' in Campos do Jordão |