(thực vật học) cây ôliu

Quả ôliu

Gỗ ôliu

Màu xanh ôliu

(như) olive-branch

Khuy áo hình quả ôliu

( số nhiều) thịt hầm cuốn

beef olive

bò hầm cuốn

crow (wreath) of wild olive

vòng hoa chiến thắng

Có màu ôliu

olive paint

sơn màu ôliu

Có màu nâu vàng nhạt (da)

an olive skin

da màu ôliu

ô liu

quả ô liu

N.

(in full olive tree) any evergreen tree ofthe genus Olea, having dark-green lance-shaped leathery leaveswith silvery undersides, esp. O. europaea of the Mediterranean,and O. africana native to S. Africa.

The small oval fruit ofthis, having a hard stone and bitter flesh, green when unripeand bluish-black when ripe.

(in full olive-green) thegreyish-green colour of an unripe olive.

The wood of theolive tree.

Anat. each of a pair of olive-shaped swellings inthe medulla oblongata.

A any olive-shaped gastropod of thegenus Oliva. b the shell of this.

A slice of beef or vealmade into a roll with stuffing inside and stewed.

Adj.

Coloured like an unripe olive.

(of the complexion)yellowish-brown, sallow.

A gesture of reconciliation orfriendship. olive crown a garland of olive leaves as a sign ofvictory. olive drab the dull olive colour of US army uniforms.olive oil an oil extracted from olives used esp. in cookery.[ME f. OF f. L oliva f. Gk elaia f. elaion oil]