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Olive :: Olive (n.) One of the tertiary colors, composed of violet and green mixed in equal strength and proportion..

Oliver :: Oliver (n.) An olive tree.

Redstart :: Redstart (n.) An American fly-catching warbler (Setophaga ruticilla). The male is black, with large patches of orange-red on the sides, wings, and tail. The female is olive, with yellow patches..

Vireo :: Vireo (n.) Any one of numerous species of American singing birds belonging to Vireo and allied genera of the family Vireonidae. In many of the species the back is greenish, or olive-colored. Called also greenlet..

Gallipoli Oil :: Gallipoli oil () An inferior kind of olive oil, brought from Gallipoli, in Italy..

Oleic :: Oleic (a.) Pertaining to, derived from, or contained in, oil; as, oleic acid, an acid of the acrylic acid series found combined with glyceryl in the form of olein in certain animal and vegetable fats and oils, such as sperm oil, olive oil, etc. At low temperatures the acid is crystalline, but melts to an oily liquid above 14/ C..

Oliver :: Oliver (n.) An olive grove.

Phillyrea :: Phillyrea (n.) A genus of evergreen plants growing along the shores of the Mediterranean, and breading a fruit resembling that of the olive..

Distillable :: Distillable (a.) Capable of being distilled; especially, capable of being distilled without chemical change or decomposition; as, alcohol is distillable; olive oil is not distillable..

Demulcent :: Demulcent (n.) A substance, usually of a mucilaginous or oily nature, supposed to be capable of soothing an inflamed nervous membrane, or protecting it from irritation. Gum Arabic, glycerin, olive oil, etc., are demulcents..

Olive :: Olive (n.) A small slice of meat seasoned, rolled up, and cooked; as, olives of beef or veal..

Olive :: Olive (n.) The oyster catcher.

Shanny :: Shanny (n.) The European smooth blenny (Blennius pholis). It is olive-green with irregular black spots, and without appendages on the head..

Afford :: Afford (v. t.) To give forth; to supply, yield, or produce as the natural result, fruit, or issue; as, grapes afford wine; olives afford oil; the earth affords fruit; the sea affords an abundant supply of fish..

Amadavat :: Amadavat (n.) The strawberry finch, a small Indian song bird (Estrelda amandava), commonly caged and kept for fighting. The female is olive brown; the male, in summer, mostly crimson; -- called also red waxbill..

Protectorate :: Protectorate (n.) Government by a protector; -- applied especially to the government of England by Oliver Cromwell.

Olive :: Olive (n.) An olivary body. See under Olivary.

Moccasin :: Moccasin (n.) A poisonous snake of the Southern United States. The water moccasin (Ancistrodon piscivorus) is usually found in or near water. Above, it is olive brown, barred with black; beneath, it is brownish yellow, mottled with darker. The upland moccasin is Ancistrodon atrofuscus. They resemble rattlesnakes, but are without rattles..

Olive :: Olive (a.) Approaching the color of the olive; of a peculiar dark brownish, yellowish, or tawny green..

Mona :: Mona (n.) A small, handsome, long-tailed West American monkey (Cercopithecus mona). The body is dark olive, with a spot of white on the haunches..

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