olive


Definition: Meaning of, olive in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / ˈɒlɪv /

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olive olives
  1. [countable] a small, bitter, egg-shaped black or green fruit, used as food and for making oil
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  2. [countable] also olive tree a tree that produces olives, grown especially in Mediterranean countries
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  3. [uncountable] also olive green a deep yellowish green colour
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  4. olive skin/complexion skin colour that is typical of people from countries such as Greece, Italy, or Turkey
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  5. extend/offer/hold out etc an olive branch (to somebody) to do or say something in order to show that you want to end an argument with someone
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olive used in phrases

  • American olive (noun)
    1. small tree of southern United States having panicles of dull white flowers followed by dark purple fruits
  • California olive (noun)
    1. pacific coast tree having aromatic foliage and small umbellate flowers followed by olivelike fruit; yields a hard tough wood
  • European olive tree (noun)
    1. evergreen tree cultivated in the Mediterranean region since antiquity and now elsewhere; has edible shiny black fruits
  • Oyl, Olive
    1. a character in the US CARTOON STRIP television cartoons, and film about POPEYE . Olive Oyl is a tall very thin woman who is POPEYE's GIRLFRIEND .
  • Russian olive (noun)
    1. deciduous shrubby tree of Europe and western Asia having grey leaves and small yellow fruits covered in silvery scales; sometimes spiny
  • black olive (noun)
    1. olives picked ripe and cured in brine then dried or pickled or preserved canned or in oil
  • desert olive (noun)
    1. spiny branching deciduous shrub of southwestern United States having clusters of insignificant yellow-white flowers appearing before leaves followed by attractive black berrylike fruits
  • green olive (noun)
    1. olives picked green and pickled in brine; infrequently stuffed with e.g. pimento
  • olive branch (noun)
    1. something offered to an adversary in the hope of obtaining peace
  • olive brown (noun)
    1. a shade of brown tinged with green
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