Mathew wrote:
:: Hello to all olive and plum experts, can someone please help me
:: with a small problem that I am having?
::
:: Is an olive a type of plum?
::
:: The definition of plum is "any of numerous varieties of small to
:: medium-sized round or oval smooth-skinned fruit with a single pit"
:: this seems to account for olives as well.
::
:: can any one comment on this?
::
:: Thanks
:: Mathew

They are 'drupes' !

A drupe is any fruit which contains a single seed, peach, olive, cherry,
plum and apricot to name a few...see he
http://www.webster-dictionary.org/definition/drupes

and plums, along with nectarines and peaches, olives and mangoes are all
part of the same family : Prunus, so you could say that they are indeed
related...see this page for more details:
http://www.fact-index.com/d/dr/drupe.html


HTH

Although I'm not an expert in anything :-p