Olive : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Olive	by the DICT Development Group
6 results for Olive
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
olive adj of a yellow-green color similar to that of an unripe olive n 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 Synonym(s): olive, European olive tree, Olea europaea 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
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Olivary \Ol"ivary\, a. [L. olivarius belonging to olives, fr. oliva an olive: cf. F. olivaire.] (Anat.) Like an olive. {Olivary body} (Anat.), an oval prominence on each side of the medulla oblongata; -- called also {olive}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Olive \Ol"ive\, n. [F., fr. L. oliva, akin to Gr. [?]. See {Oil}.] 1. (Bot.) (a) A tree ({Olea Europ[91]a}) 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. 2. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any shell of the genus Oliva and allied genera; -- so called from the form. See {Oliva}. (b) The oyster catcher. [Prov.Eng.] 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. 4. (Anat.) An olivary body. See under {Olivary}. 5. (Cookery) A small slice of meat seasoned, rolled up, and cooked; as, olives of beef or veal. 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. {Bohemian olive} (Bot.), a species of {El[91]agnus} ({E. 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. {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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Olive \Ol"ive\, a. Approaching the color of the olive; of a peculiar dark brownish, yellowish, or tawny green.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Olive, MT Zip code(s): 59343
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
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}.)