olive wood (olivwud)

1. The wood of the common olive. It is of a brownish-yellow color, beautifully veined, hard, and suited to fine work, being well known in the form of small ornamental articles; in Europe it is sometimes used for furniture. 2. The name of two trees, Elæodendron orientale of Mauritius and Madagascar, and E. australe of Australia. IMG:content-1691.jpg:[blocks in formation] Olividæ (ō-liv'i-dē), n. pl. [NL., small, the siphon recurved, and the foot often incloses a part of the shell, and has cro -grooves on each side in front, separating the pro podium from the main portion of the foot. The shell is long, with a short spire, a narrow mouth notched in front, and plicate columella; it is finely species are numerous in tropical seas. See cut under olive polished, is much used for ornamental purposes. shell. oliviform (ō-liv'i-fôrm), a. [L. oliva, an olive, + form a, form.] Having the form of an olive; specifically, in conch., resembling an olive-shell. olivil, olivile (ol'i-vil), n. [ A white, brilliant, starchy powder obtained from the gum of the olive-tree. oliving olivine (oli-vin [ -ine2.] A common name of chrysolite, especially of the forms occurring in erupt i eruptive rocks and in meteorites. See chrysolite. A rock