A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin

Olus,-eris (s.n.III), abl. sg. olere, nom. & acc. pl. olera, gen. pl. olerum, dat. & abl. oleribus (holus,-eris (s.n.III), q.v., abl. sg. holere): kitchen or garden herbs of any kind; vegetables, esp. cabbage, colewort, turnips, greens. (Lewis & Short); cf. ‘legume,’ i.e. beans, other plants with edible seeds.

- olera praemordica, vegetables or greens “of which only the tops are eaten (e.g. asparagus)” (Lewis & Short).

Acetaria,-orum (pl.n.II), q.v. sc. olera, that which is prepared with vinegar and oil; salad (Lewis & Short).

Olerarium,-ii (s.n.II), abl.sg. olerario; holerarium,-ii (s.n.II), abl.sg. holerario: vegetable garden, kitchen garden; see garden.

Olusculum,-i (s.n.II), abl. sg. olusculo, holusculum,-i (s.n.II), abl. sg. holuscolo: a small herb or vegetable; a little cabbage.

[Apiaceae] Olusatrum,-i L. (s.n.II) “olus + atrum, black herb, from ‘olus,’ garden herb; ‘ater,’ black; in allusion to the black seeds of this umbellifer” (Stearn 1996).

- [a fungus] Меnse Оctobri, inter Ilices, & Сupressus per magnum ambulacrum Regiae Villae, vulgo’ il Poggio Imperiale,’ [i.e. Villa of the Imperial Hill; Tuscany] sicut etiam in Boboli per sуlvulas circa Piscinam Insulae, praesertim in prateolo, dicto ‘della Cavallerizza,’ ante areas, ubi olera coluntur (Mich.);

in the month of October, among Ilexes and Cypressus throughout the great ambulacrum of the Royal Villa, commonly called the Villa of the Imperial Hill; just as also in Boboli throughout the small woods around the Pool of the Island, especially in the little meadow [i.e. lawn] called “della Cavallerizza” (stables, riding school), in front of the areas where kitchen herbs are grown.

NOTE: the Boboli Gardens: La Cavallerizza (stables, riding school), Tuscany, Italy.

NOTE: in the Boboli Gardens, the Piscina Insulae is probably the “Isolotto” a small island in a tree-enclosed pond, with the Fountain of the Ocean at its center; piscina,-ae (s.f.I) a (fish-) pond or pool.