Concerning the olive tree, The New Bible Dictionary states: “If cut down, new shoots spring up from the root, so that as many as five new trunks could thus come into being.
Izdevumā The New Bible Dictionary par olīvkoku rakstīts: ” Ja to nocērt, no tā saknēm aug jaunas atvases, un šādi kokam var izaugt kādi pieci jauni stumbri.