What is "olive"

Olivary \Ol"i*va*ry\, 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.

colorful \colorful\ adj.

1. having striking color. Opposite of colorless.

   Note: [Narrower terms: changeable, chatoyant, iridescent, shot; deep, rich; flaming; fluorescent, glowing; prismatic; psychedelic; red, ruddy, flushed, empurpled]

   Syn: colourful.

2. striking in variety and interest. Opposite of colorless or dull. [Narrower terms: brave, fine, gay, glorious; flamboyant, resplendent, unrestrained; flashy, gaudy, jazzy, showy, snazzy, sporty; picturesque]

3. having color or a certain color; not black, white or grey; as, colored crepe paper. Opposite of colorless and monochrome.

   Note: [Narrower terms: tinted; touched, tinged; amber, brownish-yellow, yellow-brown; amethyst; auburn, reddish-brown; aureate, gilded, gilt, gold, golden; azure, cerulean, sky-blue, bright blue; bicolor, bicolour, bicolored, bicoloured, bichrome; blue, bluish, light-blue, dark-blue; blushful, blush-colored, rosy; bottle-green; bronze, bronzy; brown, brownish, dark-brown; buff; canary, canary-yellow; caramel, caramel brown; carnation; chartreuse; chestnut; dun; earth-colored, earthlike; fuscous; green, greenish, light-green, dark-green; jade, jade-green; khaki; lavender, lilac; mauve; moss green, mosstone; motley, multicolor, culticolour, multicolored, multicoloured, painted, particolored, particoloured, piebald, pied, varicolored, varicoloured; mousy, mouse-colored; ocher, ochre; olive-brown; olive-drab; olive; orange, orangish; peacock-blue; pink, pinkish; purple, violet, purplish; red, blood-red, carmine, cerise, cherry, cherry-red, crimson, ruby, ruby-red, scarlet; red, reddish; rose, roseate; rose-red; rust, rusty, rust-colored; snuff, snuff-brown, snuff-color, snuff-colour, snuff-colored, snuff-coloured, mummy-brown, chukker-brown; sorrel, brownish-orange; stone, stone-gray; straw-color, straw-colored, straw-coloured; tan; tangerine; tawny; ultramarine; umber; vermilion, vermillion, cinibar, Chinese-red; yellow, yellowish; yellow-green; avocado; bay; beige; blae bluish-black or gray-blue); coral; creamy; cress green, cresson, watercress; hazel; honey, honey-colored; hued(postnominal); magenta; maroon; pea-green; russet; sage, sage-green; sea-green] [Also See: chromatic, colored, dark, light.]

   Syn: colored, coloured, in color(predicate).

c.1200, "olive tree," from Old French olive "olive, olive tree" (13c.) or directly from Latin oliva "olive, olive tree," from Greek elaia "olive tree, olive," probably from the same Aegean language (perhaps Cretan) as Armenian ewi "oil." Applied to the fruit or berry of the tree in English from late 14c. As a color from 17c. Olive branch as a token of peace is from early 13c.

a. Of a grayish green color, that of an unripe olive. n. 1 An evergreen tree, (taxlink Olea europaea species noshow=1), cultivated since ancient times in the Mediterranean for its fruit and the oil obtained from it. 2 The small oval fruit of this tree, eaten ripe (usually black) or unripe (usually green). 3 The wood of the olive tree. 4 A dark yellowish-green color, that of an unripe olive. 5 (context anatomy English) An olivary body, part of the medulla oblongata. 6 A component of a plumbing compression joint; a ring which is placed between the nut and the pipe and compressed during fastening to provide a seal. 7 (context cookery English) A small slice of meat seasoned, rolled up, and cooked. 8 Any shell of the genus (taxlink Oliva genus noshow=1) and allied genera; so called from the shape. 9 (context UK dialect English) An oystercatcher, a shore bird.

1. n. 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: 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

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

Olive is a dark yellowish-green color, like that of unripe or green olives.

As a color word in the English language, it appears in late Middle English. Shaded toward gray, it becomes olive drab.

Olive is a trip hop group from London, England. The founding membership consisted of producer, instrumentalist and songwriter Tim Kellett, producer and keyboard programmer Robin Taylor-Firth, and singer Ruth-Ann Boyle. The band has released two albums, the second without Taylor-Firth. Their 1996 single " You're Not Alone" reached number one in the UK singles chart.

Olive is a genus of about 20 species of small trees in the family Oleaceae, and the fruit of those trees

Olive may also refer to:

• Olive leaf, which is used medicinally
• Olive (color), a dark yellowish-green color
• Olive skin, a type of skin color

The olive, known by the botanical name Olea europaea, meaning "european olive", is a species of small tree in the family Oleaceae, found in much of Africa, the Mediterranean Basin from Portugal to the Levant, the Arabian Peninsula, and southern Asia as far east as China, as well as the Canary Islands, Mauritius and Réunion. The species is cultivated in many places and considered naturalized in all the countries of the Mediterranean coast, as well as in Argentina, Saudi Arabia, Java, Norfolk Island, California and Bermuda.

Olea europeana sylvestris is a subspecies that corresponds to a smaller tree bearing noticeably smaller fruits.

The olive's fruit, also called the olive, is of major agricultural importance in the Mediterranean region as the source of olive oil; it is one of the core ingredients in Mediterranean cuisine. The tree and its fruit give their name to the plant family, which also includes species such as lilacs, jasmine, Forsythia and the true ash trees ( Fraxinus). The word derives from Latin ŏlīva ("olive fruit", "olive tree"; "olive oil" is ŏlĕum) a borrowing from the Greek (elaía, "olive fruit", "olive tree") and (élaion, "olive oil") in the archaic form *. The oldest attested forms of the Greek words are the Mycenaean , e-ra-wa, and , e-ra-wo or , e-rai-wo, written in the Linear B syllabic script. The word "oil" in multiple languages ultimately derives from the name of this tree and its fruit.

olive is a modern food magazine published by Immediate Media Co. It was launched in 2003 and is an upmarket, monthly British food magazine featuring recipes, restaurants and food-focused travel.

Tom Parker-Bowles and Rebecca Seal are the magazine's regular restaurant reviewers. Marina O'Loughlin writes a regular travel column and has covered destinations such as Cork, Queens and Naples.

The website was launched in January 2015. It features a regular column by Rhodri Marsden.

Olive is a 1988 Australian television film about actress Olive Bodill who died of cancer in 1985.