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English

Etymology

Medieval form of the saint's name "olive"; revived in the 19th century when flower and plant names became fashionable.

Proper noun

Related terms

Olivia

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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Olive \Ol"ive\, a.
Approaching the color of the olive; of a peculiar dark
brownish, yellowish, or tawny green.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Olivary \Ol"i*va*ry\, a. [L. olivarius belonging to olives, fr.
oliva an olive: cf. F. olivaire.] (Anat.)
Like an olive.
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Olivary body (Anat.), an oval prominence on each side of
the medulla oblongata; -- called also olive.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Olive \Ol"ive\, n. [F., fr. L. oliva, akin to Gr. ?. See Oil.]
1. (Bot.)
(a) 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.
(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.
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2. (Zool.)
(a) Any shell of the genus Oliva and allied genera; --
so called from the form. See Oliva.
(b) The oyster catcher. [Prov. Eng.]
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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.
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4. (Anat.) An olivary body. See under Olivary.
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5. (Cookery) A small slice of meat seasoned, rolled up, and
cooked; as, olives of beef or veal.
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Note: 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.
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Bohemian olive (Bot.), a species of Elaeagnus ({Elaeagnus
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.

to hold out an olive branch, to offer to make peace (with a
rival or enemy).

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 (Min.), 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.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English colorful \colorful\ adj.
1. having striking color. Opposite of colorless.

Note: [Narrower terms: {changeable, chatoyant, iridescent,
shot}; deep, rich; flaming; fluorescent, glowing;
prismatic; psychedelic; {red, ruddy, flushed,
empurpled}]

Syn: colourful.
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2. striking in variety and interest. Opposite of colorless
or dull. [Narrower terms: brave, fine, gay, glorious;
flamboyant, resplendent, unrestrained; {flashy, gaudy,
jazzy, showy, snazzy, sporty}; picturesque]
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3. having color or a certain color; not black, white or grey;
as, colored crepe paper. Opposite of colorless and
monochrome.

Note: [Narrower terms: tinted; touched, tinged; {amber,
brownish-yellow, yellow-brown}; amethyst; {auburn,
reddish-brown}; aureate, gilded, gilt, gold, golden;
azure, cerulean, sky-blue, bright blue; {bicolor,
bicolour, bicolored, bicoloured, bichrome}; {blue,
bluish, light-blue, dark-blue}; {blushful,
blush-colored, rosy}; bottle-green; bronze, bronzy;
brown, brownish, dark-brown; buff; {canary,
canary-yellow}; caramel, caramel brown; carnation;
chartreuse; chestnut; dun; {earth-colored,
earthlike}; fuscous; {green, greenish, light-green,
dark-green}; jade, jade-green; khaki; {lavender,
lilac}; mauve; moss green, mosstone; {motley,
multicolor, culticolour, multicolored, multicoloured,
painted, particolored, particoloured, piebald, pied,
varicolored, varicoloured}; mousy, mouse-colored;
ocher, ochre; olive-brown; olive-drab; olive;
orange, orangish; peacock-blue; pink, pinkish;
purple, violet, purplish; {red, blood-red, carmine,
cerise, cherry, cherry-red, crimson, ruby, ruby-red,
scarlet}; red, reddish; rose, roseate; rose-red;
rust, rusty, rust-colored; {snuff, snuff-brown,
snuff-color, snuff-colour, snuff-colored,
snuff-coloured, mummy-brown, chukker-brown}; {sorrel,
brownish-orange}; stone, stone-gray; {straw-color,
straw-colored, straw-coloured}; tan; tangerine;
tawny; ultramarine; umber; {vermilion,
vermillion, cinibar, Chinese-red}; yellow, yellowish;
yellow-green; avocado; bay; beige; {blae
bluish-black or gray-blue)}; coral; creamy; {cress
green, cresson, watercress}; hazel; {honey,
honey-colored}; hued(postnominal); magenta;
maroon; pea-green; russet; sage, sage-green;
sea-green] [Also See: chromatic, colored, dark,
light.]

Syn: colored, coloured, in color(predicate).
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WordNet Olive
adj : of a yellow-green color similar to that of an unripe olive
n 1: small ovoid fruit of the European olive tree; important food
and source of oil
2: evergreen tree cultivated in the Mediterranean region since
antiquity and now elsewhere; has edible shiny black fruits
[syn: European olive tree, Olea europaea]
3: hard yellow often variegated wood of an olive tree; used in
cabinetwork
4: one-seeded fruit of the European olive tree usually pickled
and used as a relish
5: a yellow-green color of low brightness and saturation

Moby Dictionary
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

Olive the fruit of the olive-tree. This tree yielded oil which was highly valued. The best oil was from olives that were plucked before being fully ripe, and then beaten or squeezed (Deut. 24:20; Isa. 17:6; 24:13). It was called "beaten," or "fresh oil" (Ex. 27:20). There were also oil-presses, in which the oil was trodden out by the feet (Micah 6:15). James (3:12) calls the fruit "olive berries." The phrase "vineyards and olives" (Judg. 15:5, A.V.) should be simply "olive-yard," or "olive-garden," as in the Revised Version. (See {OIL}.)

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