olive
/ˈɑ.lɪv/ adjective C2- Of a grayish green color, that of an unripe olive.
From the library
The day after this important information had been given to the king’s attorney, a man alighted from a carriage at the corner of the Rue Férou, and rapping at an olive-green door, asked if the Abbé Busoni were within.
As a clergyman, moreover, I feel it my duty to promote and establish the blessing of peace in all families within the reach of my influence; and on these grounds I flatter myself that my present overtures of good-will are highly commendable, and that the circumstance of my being next in the entail of Longbourn estate will be kindly overlooked on your side, and not lead you to reject the offered olive branch.
The idea of the olive branch perhaps is not wholly new, yet I think it is well expressed.”
## The Olive-Tree and the Fig-Tree
Other matches
Learn olive in real texts
With a free account, hover any word in the library for its meaning, hear it read aloud, save words for review timed to your memory, and see how much of each book you already know.