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Definition of Olives
1. olive [n] - See also: olive
Lexicographical Neighbors of Olives
Literary usage of Olives
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Biennial Report by California Dept. of Agriculture, California State Board of Horticulture (1890)
"The twenty-two pounds of olives which I pressed fresh gave me: Oil _. ... Thus,
far from increasing the oil with the fermentation, the olives decrease it; ..."
2. A General Collection of the Best and Most Interesting Voyages and Travels in by John Pinkerton (1809)
"olives pay, in general, 3 livres each tree per annum ; year, iome 5 livres. ...
olives are met •with. Pont de Gard,—Planted at one rod and one and a half ..."
3. The Gentleman's Magazine (1882)
"I. THE colour of the olives who shall say ? In winter on the yellow earth they're
blue A wind can change the green to white or grey, But they are olives ..."
4. The California Fruits and how to Grow Them: A Manual of Methods which Have by Edward James Wickson (1921)
"olives are pickled in a green state, as is the case with imported olives; or in
a ripe state, as largely undertaken in California. No one had any conception ..."
5. Biennial Report by California Dept. of Agriculture, California State Commission of Horticulture (1892)
"Summarily, then, it may be said that olives gathered a little before their perfect
maturity yield an oil of superior delicacy and fruity taste. ..."
6. Biblical Researches in Palestine, and in the Adjacent Regions: A Journal of by Edward Robinson (1874)
"From the bridge three paths lead up to the summit of the mount of olives. ...
But »» beins in the valley of Jehoshaphat. to the mount of olives," 22, 39. ..."
7. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1903)
"olives, FOOD VALUE. Two food products of considerable importance are made from
olives, viz. olive oil or salad oil, and pickled olives. ..."
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