Olive

English

Noun

Olive (plural Olives)

1. An evergreen tree, Olea europaea, cultivated since ancient times in the Mediterranean for its fruit and the oil obtained from it.
2. The small oval fruit of this tree, eaten ripe (usually black) or unripe (usually green).
3. The wood of the olive tree.
4. A grayish green color, that of an unripe olive.

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5. (anatomy) An olivary body, part of the medulla oblongata.

Adjective

Olive (comparative more Olive, superlative most Olive)

1. Of a grayish green color, that of an unripe olive.

Thesaurus

chartreuse, chlorine, grassy, green, green as grass, green-blue, greenish, greenish-blue, greenish-yellow, holly, ivy, ivy-green, leafy, leaved, olive-green, springlike, summery, verdant, vernal,

Pronunciation

• enPR: ŏ'lĭv, IPA: /ˈɒlɪv/, SAMPA: /"QlIv/

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