Since the olive is quite a hardy tree, it might have remained alive under water for some months during the Deluge.
जैतुनाचे झाड अत्यंत चिवट असल्यामुळे प्रलयादरम्यान ते कदाचित काही महिने पाण्याखाली जिवंत राहिले असेल.