olive
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- adjective
- /ˈɑːlɪv/
- He's middle-aged, olive-skinned, in a dark suit that shows off his significant dandruff.
- olive green
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Watch on YouTubeAnd so you might become pale or ashy or an olive skin can turn kind of yellowish.
- And so you might become pale or ashy or an olive skin can turn kind of yellowish.
- But anyway, you know, my folks are, they're like, they're this big and brown and like olive skin, brown eyes, black hair.
Examples
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The only one who looks like Lorenzo is Romy, with her smooth, olive skin.
Fiction book (1997) -
I'll just show you how it looks when I've got more of an olive shade on.
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It's olive or black in color.
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Kind of a mix of gold and a little olive as well.
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That's very clearly an olive door.
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Really, her skin was more olive-colored than yellow; or maybe that was a trick of the light.
Fiction book (1998) -
There's cool tone, olive tone, deep and golden.
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On the tiled floor beside him sat an olive green medium-sized duffel bag, zipped shut.
Fiction book (2001) -
Emerald tends to have a deeper, more verdant hue, whereas peridot is lighter and more olive-colored.
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The walls were painted in a soft olive color that created a calming atmosphere.
Synonyms
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7.9
A pale yellow-green color like new leaves
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A yellowish green color slightly lighter than dark green
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3.7
A yellow-green color like green olives
Idioms
Compounds
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A small tree or bush with silvery leaves, small yellow fruits, and sometimes thorns
- Specialized
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A small sea turtle with an olive-colored shell that often nests in large groups on beaches
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A coastal tree with fragrant leaves, small clusters of creamy flowers, and olive-like fruit
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An evergreen tree that grows in the Mediterranean and produces olives for food and oil
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A small tree from the southern United States that has white flowers and dark purple fruit
How Yellow-Green
Surface Forms
Etymology
Olive The word olive for the yellow-green color comes from the name of the fruit, from Latin oliva and Greek elaia, and it recalls the pale green of an unripe olive, so we call that shade 'olive'.