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- English Word Olivaceous Definition Resembling the olive; of the color of the olive; olive-green.
- English Word Olivary Definition Like an olive.
- English Word Olivaster Definition Of the color of the olive; tawny.
- English Word Olive Definition 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.
- English Word Olive Definition 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.
- English Word Olive Definition Any shell of the genus Oliva and allied genera; -- so called from the form. See Oliva.
- English Word Olive Definition The oyster catcher.
- English Word Olive Definition The color of the olive, a peculiar dark brownish, yellowish, or tawny green.
- English Word Olive Definition One of the tertiary colors, composed of violet and green mixed in equal strength and proportion.
- English Word Olive Definition An olivary body. See under Olivary.
- English Word Olive Definition A small slice of meat seasoned, rolled up, and cooked; as, olives of beef or veal.
- English Word Olive Definition Approaching the color of the olive; of a peculiar dark brownish, yellowish, or tawny green.
- English Word Olived Definition Decorated or furnished with olive trees.
- English Word Olivenite Definition An olive-green mineral, a hydrous arseniate of copper; olive ore.
- English Word Oliver Definition An olive grove.
- English Word Oliver Definition An olive tree.
- English Word Oliver Definition A small tilt hammer, worked by the foot.
- English Word Oliverian Definition An adherent of Oliver Cromwell.
- English Word Olivewood Definition The wood of the olive.
- English Word Olivewood Definition An Australian name given to the hard white wood of certain trees of the genus Elaeodendron, and also to the trees themselves.