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Word: Olive
Speech Type: Noun
Middle English: via Old French from Latin oliva, from Greek elaia, from elaion ‘oil’
ˈɒlɪv
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
Short Definition:small oval fruit
Examples:- a dish of cauliflower with black olives
- a cucumber and olive salad
the small evergreen tree which produces olives and which has narrow leaves with silvery undersides, native to warm regions of the Old World.
Short Definition:small evergreen tree
a greyish-green colour like that of an unripe olive
Short Definition:greyish-green colour
Examples:- shades of gold, olive, and black
a slice of beef or veal made into a roll with stuffing inside and stewed.
Short Definition:rolled-up stuffed slice of beef
a marine mollusc with a smooth, roughly cylindrical shell which is typically brightly coloured.
Short Definition:marine mollusc
each of a pair of smooth, oval swellings in the medulla oblongata.
Short Definition:smooth, oval swelling
a metal ring or fitting which is tightened under a threaded nut to form a seal, as in a compression joint.
Short Definition:metal ring or fitting
Word: Olive
Speech Type: Adjective
ˈɒlɪv
greyish-green
Short Definition:greyish-green
Examples:- a small figure in olive fatigues
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