olive

noun

a yellow-green color of low brightness and saturation

one-seeded fruit of the European olive tree usually pickled and used as a relish

hard yellow often variegated wood of an olive tree

evergreen tree cultivated in the Mediterranean region since antiquity and now elsewhere

small ovoid fruit of the European olive tree

adjective

of a yellow-green color similar to that of an unripe olive

Roots

olivaolive- · Latin · olive

Synonyms for olive

olivaceousadj

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Where does olive come from?

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