- The wild olive tree (Olea Europea, var. sylvestris). - Any species of the genus Elaeagus. See Eleagnus. The
small silvery berries of the common species (Elaeagnus hortensis) are
called Trebizond dates, and are made into cakes by the Arabs.
- Among the North American Indians, meat cut in thin
slices, divested of fat, and dried in the sun. - Meat, without the fat, cut in thin slices, dried in the
sun, pounded, then mixed with melted fat and sometimes dried fruit, and
compressed into cakes or in bags. It contains much nutriment in small
compass, and is of great use in long voyages of exploration.