olive.

1. A small fruit used for food and oil, usually green or dark when prepared.

2. An evergreen tree with narrow, often gray-green leaves and small oily fruits.

3. A dull green color often mixed with yellow or brown.

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Words that belong together

• green olive
• ripe olive

On the page

She placed a green olive on the edge of the plate.

Usage notes

Primary category: sensory / description. Forms: Singular olive; plural olives. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: description. Commonness: moderately common.