Olive

8 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Olive \Ol"ive\, a.
     Approaching the color of the olive; of a peculiar dark
     brownish, yellowish, or tawny green.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Olivary \Ol"i*va*ry\, a. [L. olivarius belonging to olives, fr.
     oliva an olive: cf. F. olivaire.] (Anat.)
     Like an olive.
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     {Olivary body} (Anat.), an oval prominence on each side of
        the medulla oblongata; -- called also {olive}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Olive \Ol"ive\, n. [F., fr. L. oliva, akin to Gr. ?. See {Oil}.]
     1. (Bot.)
        (a) A tree ({Olea Europaea}) with small oblong or
            elliptical leaves, axillary clusters of flowers, and
            oval, one-seeded drupes. The tree has been cultivated
            for its fruit for thousands of years, and its branches
            are the emblems of peace. The wood is yellowish brown
            and beautifully variegated.
        (b) The fruit of the olive. It has been much improved by
            cultivation, and is used for making pickles. Olive oil
            is pressed from its flesh.
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     2. (Zool.)
        (a) Any shell of the genus {Oliva} and allied genera; --
            so called from the form. See {Oliva}.
        (b) The oyster catcher. [Prov. Eng.]
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     3.
        (a) The color of the olive, a peculiar dark brownish,
            yellowish, or tawny green.
        (b) One of the tertiary colors, composed of violet and
            green mixed in equal strength and proportion.
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     4. (Anat.) An olivary body. See under {Olivary}.
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     5. (Cookery) A small slice of meat seasoned, rolled up, and
        cooked; as, olives of beef or veal.
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     Note: Olive is sometimes used adjectively and in the
           formation of self-explaining compounds; as, olive
           brown, olive green, olive-colored, olive-skinned, olive
           crown, olive garden, olive tree, olive yard, etc.
           [1913 Webster]
  
     {Bohemian olive} (Bot.), a species of {Elaeagnus} ({Elaeagnus
        angustifolia}), the flowers of which are sometimes used in
        Southern Europe as a remedy for fevers.
  
     {Olive branch}.
        (a) A branch of the olive tree, considered an emblem of
            peace.
        (b) (Fig.): A child.
  
     {to hold out an olive branch}, to offer to make peace (with a
        rival or enemy).
  
     {Olive brown}, brown with a tinge of green.
  
     {Olive green}, a dark brownish green, like the color of the
        olive.
  
     {Olive oil}, an oil expressed from the ripe fruit of the
        olive, and much used as a salad oil, also in medicine and
        the arts.
  
     {Olive ore} (Min.), olivenite.
  
     {Wild olive} (Bot.), a name given to the oleaster or wild
        stock of the olive; also variously to several trees more
        or less resembling the olive.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  colorful \colorful\ adj.
     1. having striking color. Opposite of {colorless}.
  
     Note: [Narrower terms: {changeable, chatoyant, iridescent,
           shot}; {deep, rich}; {flaming}; {fluorescent, glowing};
           {prismatic}; {psychedelic}; {red, ruddy, flushed,
           empurpled}]
  
     Syn: colourful.
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     2. striking in variety and interest. Opposite of {colorless}
        or {dull}. [Narrower terms: {brave, fine, gay, glorious};
        {flamboyant, resplendent, unrestrained}; {flashy, gaudy,
        jazzy, showy, snazzy, sporty}; {picturesque}]
        [WordNet 1.5]
  
     3. having color or a certain color; not black, white or grey;
        as, colored crepe paper. Opposite of {colorless} and
        {monochrome}.
  
     Note: [Narrower terms: {tinted}; {touched, tinged}; {amber,
           brownish-yellow, yellow-brown}; {amethyst}; {auburn,
           reddish-brown}; {aureate, gilded, gilt, gold, golden};
           {azure, cerulean, sky-blue, bright blue}; {bicolor,
           bicolour, bicolored, bicoloured, bichrome}; {blue,
           bluish, light-blue, dark-blue}; {blushful,
           blush-colored, rosy}; {bottle-green}; {bronze, bronzy};
           {brown, brownish, dark-brown}; {buff}; {canary,
           canary-yellow}; {caramel, caramel brown}; {carnation};
           {chartreuse}; {chestnut}; {dun}; {earth-colored,
           earthlike}; {fuscous}; {green, greenish, light-green,
           dark-green}; {jade, jade-green}; {khaki}; {lavender,
           lilac}; {mauve}; {moss green, mosstone}; {motley,
           multicolor, culticolour, multicolored, multicoloured,
           painted, particolored, particoloured, piebald, pied,
           varicolored, varicoloured}; {mousy, mouse-colored};
           {ocher, ochre}; {olive-brown}; {olive-drab}; {olive};
           {orange, orangish}; {peacock-blue}; {pink, pinkish};
           {purple, violet, purplish}; {red, blood-red, carmine,
           cerise, cherry, cherry-red, crimson, ruby, ruby-red,
           scarlet}; {red, reddish}; {rose, roseate}; {rose-red};
           {rust, rusty, rust-colored}; {snuff, snuff-brown,
           snuff-color, snuff-colour, snuff-colored,
           snuff-coloured, mummy-brown, chukker-brown}; {sorrel,
           brownish-orange}; {stone, stone-gray}; {straw-color,
           straw-colored, straw-coloured}; {tan}; {tangerine};
           {tawny}; {ultramarine}; {umber}; {vermilion,
           vermillion, cinibar, Chinese-red}; {yellow, yellowish};
           {yellow-green}; {avocado}; {bay}; {beige}; {blae
           bluish-black or gray-blue)}; {coral}; {creamy}; {cress
           green, cresson, watercress}; {hazel}; {honey,
           honey-colored}; {hued(postnominal)}; {magenta};
           {maroon}; {pea-green}; {russet}; {sage, sage-green};
           {sea-green}] [Also See: {chromatic}, {colored}, {dark},
           {light}.]
  
     Syn: colored, coloured, in color(predicate).
          [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  olive
       adj : of a yellow-green color similar to that of an unripe olive
       n 1: small ovoid fruit of the European olive tree; important food
            and source of oil
       2: evergreen tree cultivated in the Mediterranean region since
          antiquity and now elsewhere; has edible shiny black fruits
          [syn: {European olive tree}, {Olea europaea}]
       3: hard yellow often variegated wood of an olive tree; used in
          cabinetwork
       4: one-seeded fruit of the European olive tree usually pickled
          and used as a relish
       5: a yellow-green color of low brightness and saturation

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  43 Moby Thesaurus words for "olive":
     aestival, beryl-green, berylline, blue-green, bluish-green,
     chartreuse, chloranemic, chlorine, chlorotic, citrine, citrinous,
     emerald, foliaged, glaucescent, glaucous, glaucous-green, grassy,
     green, green as grass, green-blue, greenish, greenish-blue,
     greenish-yellow, greensick, holly, ivy, ivy-green, leafy, leaved,
     olivaceous, olive-green, porraceous, smaragdine, springlike,
     summerlike, summery, verdant, verdurous, vernal, vernant, vert,
     virescent, yellowish-green
  
  

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Olive
     the fruit of the olive-tree. This tree yielded oil which was
     highly valued. The best oil was from olives that were plucked
     before being fully ripe, and then beaten or squeezed (Deut.
     24:20; Isa. 17:6; 24:13). It was called "beaten," or "fresh oil"
     (Ex. 27:20). There were also oil-presses, in which the oil was
     trodden out by the feet (Micah 6:15). James (3:12) calls the
     fruit "olive berries." The phrase "vineyards and olives" (Judg.
     15:5, A.V.) should be simply "olive-yard," or "olive-garden," as
     in the Revised Version. (See {OIL}.)
     

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:

  Olive, MT
    Zip code(s): 59343