Olive

ol′iv, n. a tree cultivated round the Mediterranean for its oily fruit: its fruit: peace, of which the olive was the emblem: a colour like the unripe olive.— adj. of a brownish-green colour like the olive.— adjs. Olivā′ceo us , olive-coloured: olive-green; Ol′ivary , like olives.— ns. Ol′ivenite , a mineral consisting chiefly of arsenic acid and protoxide of iron; Ol′ive-oil , oil pre ed from the fruit of the olive; Ol′ive-yard , a piece of ground on which olives are grown; Ol′ivine , chrysolite.— Olive branch , a symbol of peace: ( pl. ) children (Ps. cxxviii. 4; Pr. Bk. ). [Fr.,—L. oliva —Gr. elaia .]