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Adjective: oleaginous  `owlee'ajunus
  1. Unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech
    "oleaginous hypocrisy"
    - buttery, fulsome, oily, smarmy, soapy, unctuous
     
  2. Containing an unusual amount of grease or oil
    "oleaginous seeds"
    - greasy, oily, sebaceous

See also: fat, fatty, insincere, oleaginousness

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old-womanish
old-world
ole
olé
Olea
Olea cunninghamii
Olea europaea
Olea lanceolata
Oleaceae
oleaceous
oleaginous
oleaginousness
Oleales
oleander
oleander fern
Oleandra
Oleandra mollis
Oleandra neriiformis
Oleandraceae
Olearia
Olearia argophylla