Vocabulary : Olivary to Olivin

Olivary : Like an olive.
Olivaster : Of the color of the olive; tawny.
Olive : A tree (Olea Europaea) with small oblong or elliptical leaves, axillary clusters of flowers, and oval, one-seeded drupes. The tree has been cultivated for its fruit for thousands of years, and its branches are the emblems of peace. The wood is yellowish brown and beautifully variegated. ;; The fruit of the olive. It has been much improved by cultivation, and is used for making pickles. Olive oil is pressed from its flesh. ;; Any shell of the genus Oliva and allied genera; -- so called from the form. See Oliva. ;; The oyster catcher. ;; The color of the olive, a peculiar dark brownish, yellowish, or tawny green. ;; One of the tertiary colors, composed of violet and green mixed in equal strength and proportion. ;; An olivary body. See under Olivary. ;; A small slice of meat seasoned, rolled up, and cooked; as, olives of beef or veal. ;; Approaching the color of the olive; of a peculiar dark brownish, yellowish, or tawny green.
Olived : Decorated or furnished with olive trees.
Olivenite : An olive-green mineral, a hydrous arseniate of copper; olive ore.

Oliver : An olive grove. ;; An olive tree. ;; A small tilt hammer, worked by the foot.
Oliverian : An adherent of Oliver Cromwell.
Olivewood : The wood of the olive. ;; An Australian name given to the hard white wood of certain trees of the genus Elaeodendron, and also to the trees themselves.
Olivil : A white crystalline substance, obtained from an exudation from the olive, and having a bitter-sweet taste and acid proporties.
Olivin : A complex bitter gum, found on the leaves of the olive tree; -- called also olivite.

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