Usually means: Fruit used for oil, eating.
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We found 54 dictionaries that define the word olive:

General (28 matching dictionaries)
  1. olive: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. olive: Merriam-Webster
  3. olive: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. olive: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. olive: Collins English Dictionary
  6. olive: Vocabulary.com
  7. Olive, olive: Wordnik
  8. olive: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. Olive, olive: Wiktionary
  10. olive: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. olive: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. olive: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. Olive, olive: Dictionary.com
  14. olive: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. olive: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. O'live, Olive (TV channel), Olive (band), Olive (color), Olive (disambiguation), Olive (film), Olive (fruit), Olive (magazine), Olive: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Olive: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. olive: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. olive: Rhymezone
  20. Olive (f), olive, olive (f): AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. olive: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  22. olive: FreeDictionary.org
  23. olive: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. olive: TheFreeDictionary.com
  25. olive: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations
  26. Olive: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)

Art (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Epicurus.com Spanish Glossary (No longer online)
  2. olive-: A Cross Reference of Latin and Greek Elements
  3. Natural Magick (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Olive (tree), olive: Encyclopedia

Medicine (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. olive: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Olive: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  4. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  5. Olive: Gray's Anatomy (1918)
  6. Hepatitis C Information Central (No longer online)
  7. Allergy Glossary (No longer online)
  8. olive: Parents' Common Sense Encyclopedia
  9. Olive (tree), olive: Medical dictionary
  10. Olive: Drug Medical Dictionary

Miscellaneous (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. baby names list (No longer online)
  2. Encyclopedia of the Orient (No longer online)
  3. OLIVE: Acronym Finder
  4. olive: Idioms

Religion (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Olive: Easton Bible
  2. Olive: Smith's Bible Dictionary

Science (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Archaeology Wordsmith (No longer online)
  2. A Modern Herbal, 1931, by Mrs. M. Grieve (No longer online)
  3. Olive: HYPP Zoology

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Olive: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. Olive, The Olive: Urban Dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. BBC Food Glossary (No longer online)

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American English Definition British English Definition
▸ noun:  A tree of species Olea europaea cultivated since ancient times in the Mediterranean for its fruit and the oil obtained from it.
▸ noun:  The small oval fruit of this tree, eaten ripe (usually black) or unripe (usually green).
▸ noun:  The wood of the olive tree.
▸ noun:  A dark yellowish-green color, that of an unripe olive.
▸ noun:  (neuroanatomy) An olivary body, part of the medulla oblongata.
▸ noun:  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.
▸ noun:  (cooking) A small slice of meat seasoned, rolled up, and cooked.
▸ noun:  Any shell of the genus Oliva and allied genera; so called from the shape.
▸ noun:  (UK, dialect) An oystercatcher, a shore bird of genus Haematopus.
▸ adjective:  Of a grayish green color, that of an unripe olive.
▸ noun:  A female given name from English.
▸ noun:  A surname.
▸ noun:  (rare) A male given name from English.
▸ noun:  A number of places in the United States:
▸ noun:  A community in the city of Orange, Orange County, California.
▸ noun:  A township and unincorporated community therein, in St. Joseph County, Indiana.
▸ noun:  An unincorporated community in Dallas County, Missouri, named after a Baptist church.
▸ noun:  An unincorporated community in Powder River County, Montana.
▸ noun:  A town in Ulster County, New York, from the bible story of dove and olive branch.
▸ noun:  An unincorporated community in Creek County, Oklahoma, from the girl's name.
▸ noun:  An unincorporated community in Spotsylvania County, Virginia.
▸ noun:  An unincorporated community in Pocahontas County, West Virginia.
▸ noun:  A number of townships in the United States, listed under Olive Township.

Similar:
colored, chromatic, european olive tree, olea europaea, olive tree, wild olive, olivewood, oleaster, queen olive, olive branch, more...

Opposite:
war, discord, hostility, enmity, strife

Types:
manzanilla, verdale, cornicabra, picual, hojiblanca, arbequina, koroneiki, more...

Phrases:
olive oil, olive trees, olive tree, olive branch, olive green, more...

Adjectives:
inferior, wild, superior, darker, medial, pale, accessory, green, dull, deep, clear

Colors:
    olive green,     olive drab,     light olive,     olive, more...
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Similar:
colored, chromatic, european olive tree, olea europaea, olive tree, wild olive, olivewood, oleaster, queen olive, olive branch, more...

Opposite:
war, discord, hostility, enmity, strife

Types:
manzanilla, verdale, cornicabra, picual, hojiblanca, arbequina, koroneiki, more...

Phrases:
olive oil, olive trees, olive tree, olive branch, olive green, olive groves, Olive Schreiner, olive grove, inferior olive, olive drab, wild olive, olive branches, olive brown, superior olive, olive oils, more...

Adjectives:
inferior, wild, superior, darker, medial, pale, accessory, green, dull, deep, clear

Colors:
    olive green,     olive drab,     light olive,     olive, more...



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