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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.
EXPANDa wreath of it.
6.
any of various related or similar trees.
8.
COLLAPSEthe 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.
noun
a female given name.
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Word Origin & History
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 late 14c. Olive branch as a token of peace is from early
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Medical Dictionary
olive ol·ive (ŏl'ĭv)
n.
See olivary body.
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