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OLIVE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A yellow-green color of low brightness and saturation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("olive" is a kind of...):
chromatic color; chromatic colour; spectral color; spectral colour (a color that has hue)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "olive"):
drab; olive drab (a dull greyish to yellowish or light olive brown)
Sense 2
Meaning:
One-seeded fruit of the European olive tree usually pickled and used as a relish
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("olive" is a kind of...):
relish (spicy or savory condiment)
drupe; stone fruit (fleshy indehiscent fruit with a single seed: e.g. almond; peach; plum; cherry; elderberry; olive; jujube)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "olive"):
black olive; ripe olive (olives picked ripe and cured in brine then dried or pickled or preserved canned or in oil)
green olive (olives picked green and pickled in brine; infrequently stuffed with e.g. pimento)
Holonyms ("olive" is a part of...):
European olive tree; Olea europaea; olive (evergreen tree cultivated in the Mediterranean region since antiquity and now elsewhere; has edible shiny black fruits)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Hard yellow often variegated wood of an olive tree; used in cabinetwork
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("olive" is a kind of...):
wood (the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees)
Holonyms ("olive" is a substance of...):
olive tree (a tree of the genus Olea cultivated for its fruit)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Evergreen tree cultivated in the Mediterranean region since antiquity and now elsewhere; has edible shiny black fruits
Synonyms:
European olive tree; Olea europaea; olive
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("olive" is a kind of...):
olive tree (a tree of the genus Olea cultivated for its fruit)
Meronyms (parts of "olive"):
olive (one-seeded fruit of the European olive tree usually pickled and used as a relish)
olive (small ovoid fruit of the European olive tree; important food and source of oil)
Holonyms ("olive" is a member of...):
genus Olea; Olea (evergreen trees and shrubs having oily one-seeded fruits)
Sense 5
Meaning:
Small ovoid fruit of the European olive tree; important food and source of oil
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("olive" is a kind of...):
fruit (the ripened reproductive body of a seed plant)
Meronyms (substance of "olive"):
olive oil (oil from olives)
Holonyms ("olive" is a part of...):
European olive tree; Olea europaea; olive (evergreen tree cultivated in the Mediterranean region since antiquity and now elsewhere; has edible shiny black fruits)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of a yellow-green color similar to that of an unripe olive
Classified under:
Similar:
chromatic (being or having or characterized by hue)
Context examples:
Tall, fine bust, sloping shoulders; long, graceful neck: olive complexion, dark and clear; noble features; eyes rather like Mr. Rochester's: large and black, and as brilliant as her jewels.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
So did everyone else, even 'Croaker' as the girls called the old lady, and the unfortunate dinner ended gaily, with bread and butter, olives and fun.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
The health benefits of olives — and associated natural products such as olive oil — have long been recognized and touted by proponents of the Mediterranean diet.
(Health Benefits of Olives and Olive Oil, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
In addition to olive oil and soya oil, this lipid emulsion contains egg lecithin and provides phosphorus and choline, which are needed to maintain cell membrane integrity.
(Olive Oil/Soya Oil/Egg Lecithin-based Emulsion, NCI Thesaurus)
Beyond was a young fir plantation, and over its olive line there rose a white whirl which drifted swiftly, like a cloud-scud on a breezy day.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The surfactant mannide monooleate in Montanide ISA 51 VG contains vegetable-grade (VG) oleic acid derived from olive oil.
(Montanide ISA 51 VG, NCI Thesaurus)
His features are strong and masculine, with an Austrian lip and arched nose, his complexion olive, his countenance erect, his body and limbs well proportioned, all his motions graceful, and his deportment majestic.
(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)
Had not Elinor, in the sad countenance of her sister, seen a check to all mirth, she could have been entertained by Mrs. Jennings's endeavours to cure a disappointment in love, by a variety of sweetmeats and olives, and a good fire.
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
The lipid emulsion portion contains soybean oil, medium-chain triglycerides, olive oil and fish oil; the amino acid solution contains alanine, arginine, glycine, histidine, leucine, isoleucine, lysine, methionine, phenylalanine, proline, serine, taurine, threonine, tryptophan, tyrosine, and valine.
(Electrolyte-free Parenteral Nutrition Emulsion, NCI Thesaurus)
A pale-yellow to red fatty oil; soluble in ether, chloroform, and carbon disulfide; taste and aroma are similar to almond oil; the oil is expressed from blanched seeds of peaches or apricots; used as a flavoring, in medicine, and as a nutrient similar to olive and almond oils.
(Persic Oil, NCI Thesaurus)
