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Meaning and definition for "olive" word
[noun] one-seeded fruit of the European olive tree usually pickled and used as a relish
[noun] hard yellow often variegated wood of an olive tree; used in cabinetwork
[noun] evergreen tree cultivated in the Mediterranean region since antiquity and now elsewhere; has edible shiny black fruits
[noun] small ovoid fruit of the European olive tree; important food and source of oil
[adjective] of a yellow-green color similar to that of an unripe olive
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(a) A tree ({Olea Europ[ae]a}) 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. 2. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) Any shell of the genus Oliva and allied genera; -- so called from the form. See {Oliva}.
(b) The oyster catcher. [Prov.Eng.] 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. 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. 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. {Bohemian olive} (Bot.), a species of {El[ae]agnus} ({E. 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. {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.
\Ol"ive\, a. Approaching the color of the olive; of a peculiar dark brownish, yellowish, or tawny green.
Synonyms for olive
chromatic, European olive tree, Olea europaea
See also: black olive | chromatic color | chromatic colour | drupe | European olive tree | fruit | genus Olea | green olive | Olea | Olea europaea | olive | olive | olive drab | olive oil | olive tree | relish | ripe olive | spectral color | spectral colour | stone fruit | wood |
Related terms: 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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Let's analyse "olive" as pure text. This string has Five letters in Two syllables and Three vowels. 60% of vowels is 21.4% more then average English word. Written in backwards: EVILO. Average typing speed for these characters is 1385 milliseconds. [info]
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Numerology Hearts desire number calculated from vowels:
olive: 6 + 9 + 5 = 20, reduced: 2 . and the final result is Two. |
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