Olive

Quick meaning: Olive is a noun meaning A tree of species Olea europaea cultivated since ancient times in the Mediterranean for its fruit and the oil obtained from it.

Meaning

A tree of species Olea europaea cultivated since ancient times in the Mediterranean for its fruit and the oil obtained from it.

More Meanings

1. The small oval fruit of this tree, eaten ripe (usually black) or unripe (usually green).
2. The wood of the olive tree.
3. A dark yellowish-green color, that of an unripe olive.
4. (neuroanatomy) An olivary body, part of the medulla oblongata.
5. (cooking) A small slice of meat seasoned, rolled up, and cooked.
6. Any shell of the genus Oliva and allied genera; so called from the shape.
7. A component of a plumbing compression joint; a ring which is placed between the nut and the pipe and compressed during fastening to provide a seal.

Example Sentences

a beef olive

olives of veal

Trevor, like an Aussie outbacker, eats snacks and a pickup meal of bread, cantaloupe, olives, mangoes, and melon.

The “little green men”—faces covered, wearing unmarked olive uniforms, speaking Russian and using Russian weapons—have played a significant role in both the occupation of Crimea and the civil war in eastern Ukraine.¹⁹⁶

Word Forms

• olives

Synonyms for olive

Depending on context, synonyms include chromatic, colored.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include colored, chromatic, martini, flycatcher, canary, oliva.

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