olive

Adjective

• of a yellow-green color similar to that of an unripe olive

Noun

• a yellow-green color of low brightness and saturation

• one-seeded fruit of the European olive tree usually pickled and used as a relish

• hard yellow often variegated wood of an olive tree; used in cabinetwork

• evergreen tree cultivated in the Mediterranean region since antiquity and now elsewhere; has edible shiny black fruits

• small ovoid fruit of the European olive tree; important food and source of oil

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  European olive tree , Olea europaea