kalamata olive

[kah-luh-mah-tuh]

ka·la·ma·ta ol·ive

[kah-luh-mah-tuh]
noun
a purplish-black, almond-shaped olive with a fruity flavor and meaty texture, often split and cured in brine and packed in vinegar.
Also called kal·a·ma·ta.
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Kalamata olive has a plethora of syllables.
So is sesquipedalianism. Does it mean:
given to using long words.
the estimation of something as valueless (encountered mainly as an example of one of the longest words in the English language).
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kalamata olive or calamata olive (ˌkæləˈmɑːtə)
 
n
an aubergine-coloured Greek olive
 
[Greek]
 
calamata olive or calamata olive
 
n
 
[Greek]

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