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“olive”
1. An evergreen tree of the Mediterranean; Olea europaea of the family Oleaceae: The olive tree is short and squat, has silvery green leaves which have an oblong form, and the trunk of the olive tree is gnarled and twisted.
2. The fruit of the olive tree: Olives yield oil, a fixed oil that consists chiefly of olein and palmitin.
2. The fruit of the olive tree: Olives yield oil, a fixed oil that consists chiefly of olein and palmitin.
The olives from the tree are used as a nutritive food. In medicine they are used as a laxative, as an emolient external application to wounds or burns, and as an ingredient of liniments and ointments.
3. An ovoid device small enough to fit on the tip of a vein stripper: An olive prevents damaging the vein as the stripper is pushed into it.
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“olive”
(Greek > Latin: [olive] oil; fat)
(Greek: oil, olive oil)
(Greek > Latin > French: the tree Olea europaea, used in its etymological sense)
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“olive”
accessory olive
One of two masses of gray matter lying adjacent to the inferior olive of the brain.
olive drab
A grayish green color used as a military uniform made of olive drab cloth; especially, one worn in the United States army.