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