olive Meaning and Definition

1. n. a yellow-green color of low brightness and saturation

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

3. n. hard yellow often variegated wood of an olive tree; used in cabinetwork

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

5. n. small ovoid fruit of the European olive tree; important food and source of oil

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