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
a city in northern Mississippi, just south of the Tennessee border; population 31,830 (est. 2008)
(1855–1920), South African novelist and feminist; full name Olive Emilie Albertina Schreiner. Notable works: The Story of an African Farm (novel, 1883) and Woman and Labour (1911)
the small evergreen tree which produces olives and which has narrow leaves with silvery undersides, native to warm regions of the Old World
a marine mollusc with a smooth, roughly cylindrical shell which is typically brightly coloured
the small evergreen tree which produces olives and which has narrow leaves with silvery undersides, native to warm regions of the Old World
used in names of other trees which are related to the olive, resemble it, or bear similar fruit, e.g. Russian olive
(1855–1920), South African novelist and feminist; full name Olive Emilie Albertina Schreiner. Notable works: The Story of an African Farm (novel, 1883) and Woman and Labour (1911)