OLIVE

Apr 23, 2022

Noun: a small oval fruit with a hard stone and bitter flesh, green when unripe and bluish black when ripe, used as food and as a source of oil

Noun: the small evergreen tree which produces olives and which has narrow leaves with silvery undersides, native to warm regions of the Old World

Noun: a greyish-green colour like that of an unripe olive

Noun: a slice of beef or veal made into a roll with stuffing inside and stewed

Noun: a marine mollusc with a smooth, roughly cylindrical shell which is typically brightly coloured

Noun: each of a pair of smooth, oval swellings in the medulla oblongata

Noun: a metal ring or fitting which is tightened under a threaded nut to form a seal, as in a compression joint

Adjective: greyish-green