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ol⋅ive

[ol-iv]

–noun

1.	an evergreen tree, Olea europaea, of Mediterranean and other warm regions, cultivated chiefly for its fruit. Compare olive family.

2.	the fruit of this tree, a small oval drupe, eaten as a relish and used as a source of oil.

3.	Also called olive wood. the wood of this tree, valued for ornamental work.

4.	the foliage of this tree.

5.	a wreath of it.

6.	any of various related or similar trees.

7.	olive branch.

8.	the ocher green or dull yellow green of the unripe olive fruit.

–adjective

9.	of, pertaining to, or made of olives, their foliage, or their fruit.

10.	of the color olive.

11.	tinged with this color: an olive complexion.

Origin:
1150–1200; ME < OF < L olīva, by-form of olea < dial. Gk *elaíwa olive, olive tree; cf. oil, oleaceous

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Ol⋅ive

[ol-iv]

–noun

a female given name.

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ol·ive (ŏl'ĭv)

A Mediterranean evergreen tree (Olea europaea) having fragrant white flowers, usually lance-shaped leathery leaves, and edible drupes.
The small ovoid fruit of this tree, an important food and source of oil.
A yellow green of low to medium lightness and low to moderate saturation.

[Middle English, from Latin olīva, from Greek *elaiwā, elaiā.]
ol'ive adj.

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Olive

Ol"ive\, n. [F., fr. L. oliva, akin to Gr. ?. See Oil.]

1. (Bot.) (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.

Olive

Ol"ive\, a. Approaching the color of the olive; of a peculiar dark brownish, yellowish, or tawny green.

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Language Translation for : olive

Spanish: aceituna, oliva,

German: die Olive, Oliven…,

Japanese: オリーブの実

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olive

c.1200, "olive tree," from O.Fr. olive, from L. oliva "olive, olive tree," from Gk. elaia "olive tree, olive," probably from the same Aegean language (perhaps Cretan) as Armenian ewi "oil." Applied to the fruit or berry of the tree in Eng. from 1382. Olive branch as a token of peace is from c.1330.

Main Entry: ol·ive
Pronunciation: 'äl-iv, -&v
Function: noun
1 : an Old World evergreen tree (Olea europaea of the familyOleaceae, the olive family) cultivated for its drupaceous fruit that is an important food and source of oil; also : the fruit
2 : an oval eminence on eachventrolateral aspect of the medulla oblongata that contains the inferior olive of the same side called also olivary body

olive ol·ive (ŏl'ĭv)
n.
See olivary body.

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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