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Olive meaning in English

Meaning of Olive in English

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Olive

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Noun

1. olive

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

2. european olive tree, olea europaea, olive

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

3. olive

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

4. olive

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

5. olive

a yellow-green color of low brightness and saturation

Adjective

6. olive

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

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Olive

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noun
1. 
an evergreen oleaceous tree, Olea europaea, of the Mediterranean region but cultivated elsewhere, having white fragrant flowers, and edible shiny black fruits
2. 
the fruit of this plant, eaten as a relish and used as a source of olive oil
3. 
the wood of the olive tree, used for ornamental work
4. 
any of various trees or shrubs resembling the olive
5. 
a. 
a yellow-green colour
b. 
(as adjective)
an olive coat
6. 
an angler's name for the dun of various mayflies or an artificial fly in imitation of this
adjective
7. 
of, relating to, or made of the olive tree, its wood, or its fruit

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Olive

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noun
a feminine name: var. Olivia
noun
1. 
a. 
an evergreen tree (Olea europaea) of the olive family, native to S Europe and the Near East, with leathery leaves, yellow flowers, and an edible fruit
b. 
the small, oval fruit of this tree, eaten green or ripe as a relish, or pressed to extract olive oil
2. 
the wood of this tree
3. 
any of various plants resembling the olive
4. 
an olive branch or wreath
5. 
the dull, yellowish-green color of the unripe olive fruit
adjective
6. 
of the olive
7. 
a. 
olive-colored
b. 
having a dark complexion tinged with this color
8. 
designating a family (Oleaceae, order Scrophulariales) of dicotyledonous trees and shrubs with loose clusters of four-parted flowers, including the ashes, lilacs, jasmines, and forsythias

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Olive

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n.
1.
a. A widely cultivated evergreen tree (Olea europaea) native to the Mediterranean region, having fragrant white flowers, gray-green lance-shaped leathery leaves, and edible fruit with oil-rich flesh surrounding a hard stone.
b. The small oval fruit of this tree, usually changing in color from green to black as it ripens, used for food and as a source of oil.
c. Any of various similar or related plants, such as the Russian olive.
2. A yellow green of low to medium lightness and low to moderate saturation.

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