Olives - English meaning

noun

A small oval fruit with a hard stone and bitter flesh, green when unripe and bluish black when ripe, used as food and as a source of oil.

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A dish of cauliflower with black olives

noun

The small evergreen tree which produces olives and which has narrow leaves with silvery undersides, native to warm regions of the old world.

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The olive is an evergreen with foliage of a distinctive silvery-green.

noun

A greyish-green colour like that of an unripe olive.

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Shades of gold, olive, and black

noun

A slice of beef or veal made into a roll with stuffing inside and stewed.

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I went off-menu for the main course, choosing the spicy moroccan casserole of chicken and lamb saus…

noun

A marine mollusc with a smooth, roughly cylindrical shell which is typically brightly coloured.

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The blue-winged olive and pale watery populations have suffered similar falls.

noun

Each of a pair of smooth, oval swellings in the medulla oblongata.

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The arterial supply and the microanatomy of the anterior surface of the medulla oblongata and olive…

noun

A metal ring or fitting which is tightened under a threaded nut to form a seal, as in a compression joint.

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Alternatively, the front bearing assembly could be reversed, with the shaft mounted in the flow str…

adjective

Greyish-green.

Usage examples:

A small figure in olive fatigues

noun

A small, oval fruit eaten raw or cooked or pressed to make oil, or the evergreen tree on which this fruit grows