ol·ive
/ˈäləv/
noun
- a small oval fruit with a hard pit and bitter flesh, green when unripe and brownish black when ripe, used as food and as a source of oil."a dish of cauliflower with black olives"
- the widely cultivated evergreen tree that yields the olive, native to warm regions of the Old World.
- a grayish-green color like that of an unripe olive."shades of gold, olive, and black"
- a marine mollusk with a smooth, roughly cylindrical shell which is typically brightly colored.
- a metal ring or fitting which is tightened under a threaded nut to form a seal, as in a compression joint.
adjective
grayish-green, like an unripe olive.
"a small figure in olive fatigues"
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