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Definition of Olivaceous
1. a. Resembling the olive; of the color of the olive; olive- green.
Definition of Olivaceous
1. Adjective. Having the color of a green olive. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Olivaceous
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Olivaceous
Literary usage of Olivaceous
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Psyche by Cambridge Entomological Club (1893)
"Upper side of abdomen pale olivaceous ; under side of thorax, abdomen, and legs pale
... The green ; the fringes evenly checked with darker olivaceous. ..."
2. Coloured Illustrations of British Birds, and Their Eggs by Henry Leonard Meyer (1848)
"olivaceous CRAKE. CREX PUSILLA. THE olivaceous Crake is a rare visitant in Great
Britain, more so than the preceding species. It seems to have obtained the ..."
3. Transactions of the American Entomological Society by American Entomological Society (1869)
"Collar" pale grey edged with olivaceous behind. Tegulae pale grey. ... Primaries pale
grey, the marks and line accompanied by olivaceous shadings. ..."
4. Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Charles Knight (1840)
"... felen of the ancient British. uil olivaceous tinned with black ; yellowish
beneath with a brownish black m;irk, somewhat in the form of an irregular Y; ..."
5. Manual of the Vertebrates of the Northern United States: Including the by David Starr Jordan (1878)
"Snout broad, depressed, the length of the cleft of the mouth being about half
the length of the head; color olivaceous; head 3-J- in length; D. 8; A. 8; ..."
6. Scottish Cryptogamic Flora, Or, Coloured Figures and Descriptions of by Robert Kaye Greville (1828)
"... some shade of yellow, changing in age to n reddish or olivaceous colour, solid,
white and spongy within. Annulus always present, spreading, ..."
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