Olive
Definition of Olive
Ol´ive | n. | 1. | (Bot.) A tree (Olea Europæa) 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. | | 2. | (Zool.) Any shell of the genus Oliva and allied genera; - so called from the form. See Oliva. | | 3. | The color of the olive, a peculiar dark brownish, yellowish, or tawny green. | | 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. | | a. | 1. | Approaching the color of the olive; of a peculiar dark brownish, yellowish, or tawny green. |
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aestival, beryl-green, berylline, blue-green, bluish-green, chartreuse, chloranemic, chlorine, chlorotic, citrine, citrinous, emerald, foliaged, glaucescent, glaucous, glaucous-green, grassy, green, green as grass, green-blue, greenish, greenish-blue, greenish-yellow, greensick, holly, ivy, ivy-green, leafy, leaved, olivaceous, olive-green, porraceous, smaragdine, springlike, summerlike, summery, verdant, verdurous, vernal, vernant, vert, virescent, yellowish-green
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Oligochaeta
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Olla
Olla-podrida
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