Definition of Green olive

1. Noun. Olives picked green and pickled in brine; infrequently stuffed with e.g. pimento.

Generic synonyms: Olive

Definition of Green olive

1. Noun. An olive picked before it has ripened; as opposed to a black olive which is picked after ripening. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Green Olive

green logging
green lung
green lungs
green mamba
green man
green manure
green market
green mayonnaise
green men
green monkey
green monkey disease
green monkey virus
green monkeys
green mushroom pimple
green mustard
green olive
green olives
green onion
green onions
green paper
green papers
green parties
green pea
green pea soup
green peach aphid
green peafowl
green pepper
green peppers
green plover
green plovers

Literary usage of Green olive

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Holy Land and the Bible: A Book of Scripture Illustrations Gathered in by Cunningham Geikie (1888)
"... was to compare its early glory with that of a green olive-tree, fair and of goodly fruit.2 Nor could David more vividly picture his future prosperity ..."

2. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum by Richard Bowdler Sharpe, British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology (1893)
"Has the maroon of the upper plumage replaced by green-olive; there is no orange on the breast, and the under tail- coverts are white, speckled with ashy ..."

3. Colour-blindness and Colour-perception by Frederick William Edridge-Green (1891)
"II. Classification of Colours. (Daylight). Group \. Browns. Brown wools only. Brown cards only. Brown, sage- green, olive-green, and deep purple velveteens. ..."

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