olive-green
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ɪvˈgrin noun, adjective
green with a yellowish or brownish tinge.
Origin:
1750–60
1750–60
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| olive-green | |
noun | |
| a color that is lighter and greener than olive [syn: olive green] |
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Olive-green
is always a great word to know.
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| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
Example sentences
Curly leaf pondweed has distinctly wavy-edged, crispy olive-green to reddish-brown leaves.
Rooms done in the green tea and plum palette contain two comfortable chairs upholstered in olive-green crushed velvet.
The cleft shape of the bird's tail is echoed in the fall of the orchid's petals and by the olive-green sepals encasing the bud.
Olive-green bottles usually stored alcoholic beverages.
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