Dull 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.

dull

Adjective

1. Lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp.
2. Boring; not exciting or interesting.

Verb

1. To render dull; to remove or blunt an edge or something that was sharp.
2. To soften, moderate or blunt; to make dull, stupid, or sluggish; to stupefy.

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.