olive
    adj 1: of a yellow-green color similar to that of an unripe
           olive
    n 1: small ovoid fruit of the European olive tree; important
         food and source of oil
    2: evergreen tree cultivated in the Mediterranean region since
       antiquity and now elsewhere; has edible shiny black fruits
       [syn: olive, European olive tree, Olea europaea]
    3: hard yellow often variegated wood of an olive tree; used in
       cabinetwork
    4: one-seeded fruit of the European olive tree usually pickled
       and used as a relish
    5: a yellow-green color of low brightness and saturation

Olivary \Ol"i*va*ry\, a. [L. olivarius belonging to olives, fr.
   oliva an olive: cf. F. olivaire.] (Anat.)
   Like an olive.
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   Olivary body (Anat.), an oval prominence on each side of
      the medulla oblongata; -- called also olive.
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Olive \Ol"ive\, n. [F., fr. L. oliva, akin to Gr. ?. See Oil.]
   1. (Bot.)
      (a) 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.
      (b) 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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   2. (Zool.)
      (a) Any shell of the genus Oliva and allied genera; --
          so called from the form. See Oliva.
      (b) The oyster catcher. [Prov. Eng.]
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   3.
      (a) The color of the olive, a peculiar dark brownish,
          yellowish, or tawny green.
      (b) One of the tertiary colors, composed of violet and
          green mixed in equal strength and proportion.
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   4. (Anat.) An olivary body. See under Olivary.
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   5. (Cookery) A small slice of meat seasoned, rolled up, and
      cooked; as, olives of beef or veal.
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   Note: Olive is sometimes used adjectively and in the
         formation of self-explaining compounds; as, olive
         brown, olive green, olive-colored, olive-skinned, olive
         crown, olive garden, olive tree, olive yard, etc.
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   Bohemian olive (Bot.), a species of Elaeagnus (Elaeagnus
      angustifolia), the flowers of which are sometimes used in
      Southern Europe as a remedy for fevers.

   Olive branch.
      (a) A branch of the olive tree, considered an emblem of
          peace.
      (b) (Fig.): A child.

   to hold out an olive branch, to offer to make peace (with a
      rival or enemy).

   Olive brown, brown with a tinge of green.

   Olive green, a dark brownish green, like the color of the
      olive.

   Olive oil, an oil expressed from the ripe fruit of the
      olive, and much used as a salad oil, also in medicine and
      the arts.

   Olive ore (Min.), olivenite.

   Wild olive (Bot.), a name given to the oleaster or wild
      stock of the olive; also variously to several trees more
      or less resembling the olive.
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Olive \Ol"ive\, a.
   Approaching the color of the olive; of a peculiar dark
   brownish, yellowish, or tawny green.
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colorful \colorful\ adj.
   1. having striking color. Opposite of colorless.

   Note: [Narrower terms: changeable, chatoyant, iridescent,
         shot; deep, rich; flaming; fluorescent, glowing;
         prismatic; psychedelic; red, ruddy, flushed,
         empurpled]

   Syn: colourful.
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   2. striking in variety and interest. Opposite of colorless
      or dull. [Narrower terms: brave, fine, gay, glorious;
      flamboyant, resplendent, unrestrained; flashy, gaudy,
      jazzy, showy, snazzy, sporty; picturesque]
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   3. having color or a certain color; not black, white or grey;
      as, colored crepe paper. Opposite of colorless and
      monochrome.

   Note: [Narrower terms: tinted; touched, tinged; amber,
         brownish-yellow, yellow-brown; amethyst; auburn,
         reddish-brown; aureate, gilded, gilt, gold, golden;
         azure, cerulean, sky-blue, bright blue; bicolor,
         bicolour, bicolored, bicoloured, bichrome; blue,
         bluish, light-blue, dark-blue; blushful,
         blush-colored, rosy; bottle-green; bronze, bronzy;
         brown, brownish, dark-brown; buff; canary,
         canary-yellow; caramel, caramel brown; carnation;
         chartreuse; chestnut; dun; earth-colored,
         earthlike; fuscous; green, greenish, light-green,
         dark-green; jade, jade-green; khaki; lavender,
         lilac; mauve; moss green, mosstone; motley,
         multicolor, culticolour, multicolored, multicoloured,
         painted, particolored, particoloured, piebald, pied,
         varicolored, varicoloured; mousy, mouse-colored;
         ocher, ochre; olive-brown; olive-drab; olive;
         orange, orangish; peacock-blue; pink, pinkish;
         purple, violet, purplish; red, blood-red, carmine,
         cerise, cherry, cherry-red, crimson, ruby, ruby-red,
         scarlet; red, reddish; rose, roseate; rose-red;
         rust, rusty, rust-colored; snuff, snuff-brown,
         snuff-color, snuff-colour, snuff-colored,
         snuff-coloured, mummy-brown, chukker-brown; sorrel,
         brownish-orange; stone, stone-gray; straw-color,
         straw-colored, straw-coloured; tan; tangerine;
         tawny; ultramarine; umber; vermilion,
         vermillion, cinibar, Chinese-red; yellow, yellowish;
         yellow-green; avocado; bay; beige; blae
         bluish-black or gray-blue); coral; creamy; cress
         green, cresson, watercress; hazel; honey,
         honey-colored; hued(postnominal); magenta;
         maroon; pea-green; russet; sage, sage-green;
         sea-green] [Also See: chromatic, colored, dark,
         light.]

   Syn: colored, coloured, in color(predicate).
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Olive
   the fruit of the olive-tree. This tree yielded oil which was
   highly valued. The best oil was from olives that were plucked
   before being fully ripe, and then beaten or squeezed (Deut.
   24:20; Isa. 17:6; 24:13). It was called "beaten," or "fresh oil"
   (Ex. 27:20). There were also oil-presses, in which the oil was
   trodden out by the feet (Micah 6:15). James (3:12) calls the
   fruit "olive berries." The phrase "vineyards and olives" (Judg.
   15:5, A.V.) should be simply "olive-yard," or "olive-garden," as
   in the Revised Version. (See OIL.)