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Meaning of olive

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  olive
      adj 1: of a yellow-green color similar to that of an unripe
             olive
      n 1: small ovoid fruit of the European olive tree; important
           food and source of oil
      2: evergreen tree cultivated in the Mediterranean region since
         antiquity and now elsewhere; has edible shiny black fruits
         [syn: {olive}, {European olive tree}, {Olea europaea}]
      3: hard yellow often variegated wood of an olive tree; used in
         cabinetwork
      4: one-seeded fruit of the European olive tree usually pickled
         and used as a relish
      5: a yellow-green color of low brightness and saturation

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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