Meaning & use
olive
A small oval fruit with a bitter taste, eaten or pressed for its oil.
See it in a sentence
She added a handful of green olives to the fresh salad.
The hillside was covered with olive trees that had grown there for centuries.
A note on using this word
Olive also names a dull yellowish-green color, taken from the fruit's ripening shade.
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Another way to use it
2. adjective
Having a dull yellowish-green color, or describing a skin tone with brownish undertones.
He wore an olive jacket that blended into the forest.
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