OLIVE
\ˈɒlɪv], \ˈɒlɪv], \ˈɒ_l_ɪ_v]\
Definitions of OLIVE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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evergreen tree cultivated in the Mediterranean region since antiquity and now elsewhere; has edible shiny black fruits
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one-seeded fruit of the European olive tree usually pickled and used as a relish
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small ovoid fruit of the European olive tree; important food and source of oil
By Princeton University
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evergreen tree cultivated in the Mediterranean region since antiquity and now elsewhere; has edible shiny black fruits
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one-seeded fruit of the European olive tree usually pickled and used as a relish
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small ovoid fruit of the European olive tree; important food and source of oil
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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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.
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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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The color of the olive, a peculiar dark brownish, yellowish, or tawny green.
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One of the tertiary colors, composed of violet and green mixed in equal strength and proportion.
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An olivary body. See under Olivary.
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A small slice of meat seasoned, rolled up, and cooked; as, olives of beef or veal.
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Approaching the color of the olive; of a peculiar dark brownish, yellowish, or tawny green.
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Any shell of the genus Oliva and allied genera; - so called from the form. See Oliva.
By Oddity Software
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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.
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The color of the olive, a peculiar dark brownish, yellowish, or tawny green.
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One of the tertiary colors, composed of violet and green mixed in equal strength and proportion.
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An olivary body. See under Olivary.
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A small slice of meat seasoned, rolled up, and cooked; as, olives of beef or veal.
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Approaching the color of the olive; of a peculiar dark brownish, yellowish, or tawny green.
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The fruit of the olive. It has been much improved by cultivation, and is used for making pickles. oil is pressed from its flesh.
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Any shell of the genus Oliva and allied genera; - so called from the form. See Oliva.
By Noah Webster.
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An evergreen tree cultivated for its oily fruit; the fruit of the tree; a dull brownish- or yellowish-green color.
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Pertaining to, or like, the olive; of a dull brownish- or yellowish-green color.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A tree cultivated round the Mediterranean for its oily fruit: its fruit: peace, of which the olive was the emblem: a color like the unripe olive.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By Robley Dunglison
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