Overview of noun olive

The noun olive has 5 senses

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


• olive, European olive tree, Olea europaea -- (evergreen tree cultivated in the Mediterranean region since antiquity and now elsewhere; has edible shiny black fruits)


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


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


• olive -- (a yellow-green color of low brightness and saturation)

Overview of adj olive

The adj olive has 1 sense

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