olive
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Definition of olive:
small ovoid fruit of the European olive tree; important food and source of oil
evergreen tree cultivated in the Mediterranean region since antiquity and now elsewhere; has edible shiny black fruits hard yellow often variegated wood of an olive tree; used in cabinetwork one-seeded fruit of the European olive tree usually pickled and used as a relish a yellow-green color of low brightness and saturation of a yellow-green color similar to that of an unripe olive |