All About Olive

Olive

The cultivated olive is a subspecies of subtropical evergreen tree in the family Oleaceae. Modern cultivars are traced primarily to the Near East, Aegean Sea, and Strait of Gibraltar. Olea europaea is the type species for its genus, Olea, which lends its name to the Oleaceae plant family. The olive fruit is classed botanically as a drupe, similar in structure and function to the cherry or peach. The term oil was originally synonymous with olive oil.

Olive (color)

Olive, also called olive green, is a dark shade of yellowish green, like that of unripe or green olives.

all

Symbol

1. ISO 639-3 language code for Allar.

Determiner

1. Every individual or anything of the given class, with no exceptions (the noun or noun phrase denoting the class must be plural or uncountable).
2. Throughout the whole of (a stated period of time; generally used with units of a day or longer).

about

Preposition

1. In a circle around; all round; on every side of; on the outside of; around. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
2. Over or upon different parts of; through or over in various directions; here and there in; to and fro in; throughout.

Adverb

1. On all sides, or in every or any direction from a point; around.
2. Here and there; around; in one place and another; up and down.

olive

Noun

1. A tree of species Olea europaea cultivated since ancient times in the Mediterranean for its fruit and the oil obtained from it.
2. The small oval fruit of this tree, eaten ripe (usually black) or unripe (usually green).

Adjective

1. Of a grayish green color, that of an unripe olive.