Definition of olive

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Olive (n.) The color of the olive, a peculiar dark brownish, yellowish, or tawny green..

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Mayonnaise :: Mayonnaise (n.) A sauce compounded of raw yolks of eggs beaten up with olive oil to the consistency of a sirup, and seasoned with vinegar, pepper, salt, etc.; -- used in dressing salads, fish, etc. Also, a dish dressed with this sauce..
Phaeospore :: Phaeospore (n.) A brownish zoospore, characteristic of an order (Phaeosporeae) of dark green or olive-colored algae..
Olivaster :: Olivaster (a.) Of the color of the olive; tawny.
Marmottes Oil :: Marmottes oil () A fine oil obtained from the kernel of Prunus brigantiaca. It is used instead of olive or almond oil.
Caduceus :: Caduceus (n.) The official staff or wand of Hermes or Mercury, the messenger of the gods. It was originally said to be a herald's staff of olive wood, but was afterwards fabled to have two serpents coiled about it, and two wings at the top..
Olive :: Olive (n.) A small slice of meat seasoned, rolled up, and cooked; as, olives of beef or veal..
Oleaceous :: Oleaceous (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a natural order of plants (Oleaceae), mostly trees and shrubs, of which the olive is the type. It includes also the ash, the lilac, the true jasmine, and fringe tree..
Caperberry :: Caperberry (n.) The small olive-shaped berry of the European and Oriental caper, said to be used in pickles and as a condiment..
Afford :: Afford (v. t.) To give forth; to supply, yield, or produce as the natural result, fruit, or issue; as, grapes afford wine; olives afford oil; the earth affords fruit; the sea affords an abundant supply of fish..
Olived :: Olived (a.) Decorated or furnished with olive trees.
Olivenite :: Olivenite (n.) An olive-green mineral, a hydrous arseniate of copper; olive ore..
Basilicon :: Basilicon (n.) An ointment composed of wax, pitch, resin, and olive oil, lard, or other fatty substance..
Olive :: Olive (n.) 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..
Olive :: Olive (n.) One of the tertiary colors, composed of violet and green mixed in equal strength and proportion..
Olive :: Olive (n.) The color of the olive, a peculiar dark brownish, yellowish, or tawny green..
Petalism :: Petalism (n.) A form of sentence among the ancient Syracusans by which they banished for five years a citizen suspected of having dangerous influence or ambition. It was similar to the ostracism in Athens; but olive leaves were used instead of shells for ballots.
Oleaster :: Oleaster (n.) The wild olive tree (Olea Europea, var. sylvestris)..
Oliver :: Oliver (n.) An olive grove.
Betty :: Betty (n.) A pear-shaped bottle covered round with straw, in which olive oil is sometimes brought from Italy; -- called by chemists a Florence flask..
Chaplet :: Chaplet (n.) A small molding, carved into beads, pearls, olives, etc..
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