EGAVE

olive

About 6.72 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun A tree of species Olea europaea cultivated since ancient times in the Mediterranean for its fruit and the oil obtained from it.
  2. noun The small oval fruit of this tree, eaten ripe (usually black) or unripe (usually green).
  3. noun The wood of the olive tree.
  4. noun A dark yellowish-green color, that of an unripe olive.
    olive:
  5. noun An olivary body, part of the medulla oblongata.
  6. noun A component of a plumbing compression joint; a ring which is placed between the nut and the pipe and compressed during fastening to provide a seal.
  7. noun A small slice of meat seasoned, rolled up, and cooked.
    a beef olive
  8. noun Any shell of the genus Oliva and allied genera; so called from the shape.

Similar words

colored chromatic european olive tree olea europaea martini oil flycatcher canary oliva zeitoun

Often followed by

oil trees branch tree and green groves schreiner or

Word family

olives

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