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[[Image:Olives.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Several types of olives at a market]]

[[Image:Olives.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Several types of olives at a market]]

The '''olive''' is the [[fruit]] of the olive [[tree]] (''Olea europaea'') and is an important part of the [[agriculture]] and culinary tradition of many countries in the Mediterranean region. <ref>http://www.crfg.org/pubs/ff/olive.html</ref>

The '''olive''' is the [[fruit]] of the olive [[tree]] (''Olea europaea'') and is an important part of the [[agriculture]] and culinary tradition of many countries in the Mediterranean region.<ref>http://www.crfg.org/pubs/ff/olive.html</ref>

It is unclear how long olives have been domesticated, but references to olives in the ''[[Iliad]]'' indicate that they have likely been farmed since at least around 800 to 900 BC. <ref>Pierre Vidal-Naquet, Le monde d'Homère, Perrin 2000, p19</ref>

It is unclear how long olives have been domesticated, but references to olives in the ''[[Iliad]]'' indicate that they have likely been farmed since at least around 800 to 900 BC.<ref>Pierre Vidal-Naquet, Le monde d'Homère, Perrin 2000, p19</ref>

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