olive

noun
ŏl'ĭv

A tree of species Olea europaea cultivated since ancient times in the Mediterranean for its fruit and the oil obtained from it.

Other meanings

The small oval fruit of this tree, eaten ripe (usually black) or unripe (usually green).
The wood of the olive tree.

A kind of

fruit

Example sentences

“I can't stand the texture of olives.”
Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0
“Add some olive oil.”
Tatoeba · ddnktr · CC0
“Provided that one day I have a place to plant olive trees!”
Tatoeba · AmarMecheri · CC0

Word history

From Latin "olīva".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “olive” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.