olive

//ˈɒl.ɪv//
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Noun

oliveSingular
olivesPlural
1

A small oval fruit with a hard pit and bitter flesh, green when unripe and brownish black when ripe, used as food and as a source of oil.

I added some olives to the salad.

2

An evergreen tree native to the Mediterranean region that produces olives.

The olive in our garden is over a hundred years old.

Synonym

Adjective

oliveCanonical form
1

Of a yellowish-brown or yellowish-green color like that of an unripe olive.

She wore an olive jacket that matched her eyes.