Olive

[Ol·ive]

An olive is a very small fruit, although you probably think of it as a savory snack. You might find an olive on a salad, on a pizza, or even on a toothpick in your martini.

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A tree (Olea Europ'91a) with small oblong or elliptical leaves, axillary clusters of flowers, and oval, one-seeded drupes. The tree has been cultivated for its fruit for thousands of years, and its branches are the emblems of peace. The wood is yellowish brown and beautifully variegated.

Noun
a yellow-green color of low brightness and saturation

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one-seeded fruit of the European olive tree usually pickled and used as a relish

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hard yellow often variegated wood of an olive tree; used in cabinetwork

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evergreen tree cultivated in the Mediterranean region since antiquity and now elsewhere; has edible shiny black fruits

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small ovoid fruit of the European olive tree; important food and source of oil

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Adjective S.
of a yellow-green color similar to that of an unripe olive

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A tree (Olea Europaea) with small oblong or elliptical leaves, axillary clusters of flowers, and oval, one-seeded drupes. The tree has been cultivated for its fruit for thousands of years, and its branches are the emblems of peace. The wood is yellowish brown and beautifully variegated.

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The fruit of the olive. It has been much improved by cultivation, and is used for making pickles. Olive oil is pressed from its flesh.

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Any shell of the genus Oliva and allied genera; -- so called from the form. See Oliva.

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The oyster catcher.

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The color of the olive, a peculiar dark brownish, yellowish, or tawny green.

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One of the tertiary colors, composed of violet and green mixed in equal strength and proportion.

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An olivary body. See under Olivary.

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A small slice of meat seasoned, rolled up, and cooked; as, olives of beef or veal.

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Approaching the color of the olive; of a peculiar dark brownish, yellowish, or tawny green.

Olive

Ol"ive , n. [F., fr. L. oliva, akin to Gr. . See Oil.] 1. (Bot.) (a) A tree (Olea Europ'91a) with small oblong or elliptical leaves, axillary clusters of flowers, and oval, one-seeded drupes. The tree has been cultivated for its fruit for thousands of years, and its branches are the emblems of peace. The wood is yellowish brown and beautifully variegated. (b) The fruit of the olive. It has been much improved by cultivation, and is used for making pickles. Olive oil is pressed from its flesh. 2. (Zo'94l.) (a) Any shell of the genus Oliva and allied genera; -- so called from the form. See Oliva. (b) The oyster catcher. [Prov.Eng.] 3. (a) The color of the olive, a peculiar dark brownish, yellowish, or tawny green. (b) One of the tertiary colors, composed of violet and green mixed in equal strength and proportion. 4. (Anat.) An olivary body. See under Olivary. 5. (Cookery) A small slice of meat seasoned, rolled up, and cooked; as, olives of beef or veal. &hand; Olive is sometimes used adjectively and in the formation of self-explaining compounds; as, olive brown, olive green, olive-colored, olive-skinned, olive crown, olive garden, olive tree, olive yard, etc. Bohemian olive (Bot.), a species of El'91agnus (E. angustifolia), the flowers of which are sometimes used in Southern Europe as a remedy for fevers. -- Olive branch. (a) A branch of the olive tree, considered an emblem of peace. (b) Fig.: A child. -- Olive brown, brown with a tinge of green. -- Olive green, a dark brownish green, like the color of the olive. -- Olive oil, an oil expressed from the ripe fruit of the olive, and much used as a salad oil, also in medicine and the arts. -- Olive ore , olivenite. -- Wild olive (Bot.), a name given to the oleaster or wild stock of the olive; also variously to several trees more or less resembling the olive.

Olive

Ol"ive, a. Approaching the color of the olive; of a peculiar dark brownish, yellowish, or tawny green.

A tree (Olea Europ'91a) with small oblong or elliptical leaves, axillary clusters of flowers, and oval, one-seeded drupes. The tree has been cultivated for its fruit for thousands of years, and its branches are the emblems of peace. The wood is yellowish brown and beautifully variegated.

Approaching the color of the olive; of a peculiar dark brownish, yellowish, or tawny green.

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Usage Examples

A vegan diet takes care of most of what we need to do. But you'll also want to minimize the use of oils generally, because while olive oil and other vegetable oils are better for your heart than chicken fat, they are as fattening as animal fats.

They eat the dainty food of famous chefs with the same pleasure with which they devour gross peasant dishes, mostly composed of garlic and tomatoes, or fisherman's octopus and shrimps, fried in heavily scented olive oil on a little deserted beach.

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Other Usage Examples

I come bearing an olive branch in one hand, and the freedom fighter's gun in the other. Do not let the olive branch fall from my hand.

I drink too much. The last time I gave a urine sample it had an olive in it.