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olive British & World English

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

olive green in olive British & World English

a greyish-green colour like that of an unripe olive

olive oil British & World English

an oil obtained from olives, used in cookery and salad dressings

olive brown British & World English

a dull shade of yellowish brown

olive drab British & World English

a dull olive-green colour, used in some military uniforms

olive branch British & World English

an offer of reconciliation

Olive Branch British & World English

a city in northern Mississippi, just south of the Tennessee border; population 31,830 (est. 2008)

Russian olive British & World English

North American term for oleaster.

Schreiner, Olive British & World English

(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)

olive tree in olive British & World English

the small evergreen tree which produces olives and which has narrow leaves with silvery undersides, native to warm regions of the Old World

olive shell in olive British & World English

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

ridley (also ridley turtle) British & World English

a small turtle of tropical seas

olive family in olive British & World English

the small evergreen tree which produces olives and which has narrow leaves with silvery undersides, native to warm regions of the Old World

Russian olive in olive British & World English

used in names of other trees which are related to the olive, resemble it, or bear similar fruit, e.g. Russian olive

Olive Emilie Albertina Schreiner in Schreiner, Olive British & World English

(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)

olive English-French

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olive English-Italian

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olive1 English-Spanish

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olive2 English-Spanish

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olive oil English-German

Olivenöl

olive green English-Italian

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