Definition of Olive

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Definition of Olive

Olive

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.

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.

Any shell of the genus Oliva and allied genera; -- so called from the form. See Oliva.

The oyster catcher.

The color of the olive, a peculiar dark brownish, yellowish, or tawny green.

One of the tertiary colors, composed of violet and green mixed in equal strength and proportion.

An olivary body. See under Olivary.

A small slice of meat seasoned, rolled up, and cooked; as, olives of beef or veal.

Approaching the color of the olive; of a peculiar dark brownish, yellowish, or tawny green.

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Olive Quotations

I drink too much. The last time I gave a urine sample it had an olive in it.
Rodney Dangerfield

I come bearing an olive branch in one hand, and the freedom fighter's gun in the other. Do not let the olive branch fall from my hand.
Yasser Arafat

I've been very successful doing voices in movies. I did Olive, the Other Reindeer, with Drew Barrymore, and I did Cats and Dogs. My children came to some of the sessions.
Joe Pantoliano

A vegan diet takes care of most of what we need to do. But you'll also want to minimize the use of oils generally, because while olive oil and other vegetable oils are better for your heart than chicken fat, they are as fattening as animal fats.
Neal Barnard

They eat the dainty food of famous chefs with the same pleasure with which they devour gross peasant dishes, mostly composed of garlic and tomatoes, or fisherman's octopus and shrimps, fried in heavily scented olive oil on a little deserted beach.
Luigi Barzini

My chances of being PM are about as good as the chances of finding Elvis on Mars, or my being reincarnated as an olive.
Boris Johnson

I have olive skin, so if I get pale, I look green. I have to tan.
Nicole Richie

Olive Translations

olive in Dutch is olijf
olive in Finnish is oliivi
olive in French is olive
olive in German is Olive
olive in Italian is oliva
olive in Norwegian is oliven
olive in Portuguese is azeitona
olive in Spanish is aceituna, oliva

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