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  • 41olive — ol|ive [ˈɔlıv US ˈa: ] n [Date: 1100 1200; : Old French; Origin: Latin oliva, from Greek elaia] 1.) a small, bitter, egg shaped black or green fruit, used as food and for making oil 2.) also olive tree a tree that produces olives, grown… …

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  • 42olive — [ˈɒlɪv] noun I 1) [C] a small black or green fruit that is eaten or used for its oil 2) olive or olive green [U] a dark yellow green colour II adj olive [ˈɒlɪv] 1) olive skin is yellowish brown in colour 2) dark yellowish green in colour …

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  • 43green — green1 W2S1 [gri:n] adj ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(colour)¦ 2¦(grassy)¦ 3¦(fruit/plant)¦ 4¦(environment)¦ 5¦(without experience)¦ 6¦(ill)¦ 7 green with envy 8 the green eyed monster 9 have green fingers 10 the green stuff …

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  • 44green — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. immature; inexperienced; new, recent; pale, wan. See color, newness, youth, credulity. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Of the color green] Syn. greenish, virid, virescent. Hues of green include: emerald …

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  • 45olive — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French, from Latin oliva, from Greek elaia Date: 13th century 1. a. a Mediterranean evergreen tree (Olea europaea of the family Oleaceae, the olive family) cultivated for its drupaceous fruit that is… …

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  • 46green — Synonyms and related words: Astroturf, a novice at, a stranger to, acerb, acerbate, acerbic, acescent, adolescent, aestival, alive, amateur, amateurish, artificial turf, artless, at half cock, awkward, befoolable, beryl green, berylline,… …

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  • 47olive — noun 1》 a small oval fruit with a hard stone and bitter flesh, green when unripe and bluish black when ripe, used as food and as a source of oil. 2》 (also olive tree) the small evergreen tree which produces olives, native to warm regions of the… …

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  • 48olive — Synonyms and related words: aestival, beryl green, berylline, blue green, bluish green, chartreuse, chloranemic, chlorine, chlorotic, citrine, citrinous, emerald, foliaged, glaucescent, glaucous, glaucous green, grassy, green, green as grass,… …

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  • 49green — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun Green is used after these nouns: ↑bowling, ↑village {{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}} adj., noun ADJECTIVE ▪ cool ▪ apple, aqua (esp. AmE), bottle …

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  • 50Green beret — The green beret is the official headgear as part of the uniform of several military forces. List of military forces that wear the green beret as part of their uniformEuropeUKA large number of UK units wear green berets, in various shades of green …

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