[ol-iv] 
| 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. |
| 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. |
[ol-iv] | a female given name. |
| ol·ive (ŏl'ĭv) n.
[Middle English, from Latin olīva, from Greek *elaiwā, elaiā.] ol'ive adj. |
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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