5. (Cookery) A small slice of meat seasoned, rolled up, and cooked; as,
olives of beef or veal.
Olive is sometimes used adjectively and in the formation of
self-explaining compounds; as, olive brown, olive green, olive-colored,
olive-skinned, olive crown, olive garden, olive tree, olive yard, etc.
Bohemian olive (Bot.), a species of Elæagnus (E. angustifolia), the
flowers of which are sometimes used in Southern Europe as a remedy for
fevers. -- Olive branch. (a) A branch of the olive tree, considered an
emblem of peace. (b) Fig.: A child. -- Olive brown, brown with a tinge
of green. -- Olive green, a dark brownish green, like the color of the
olive. -- Olive oil, an oil expressed from the ripe fruit of the olive,
and much used as a salad oil, also in medicine and the arts. -- Olive
ore (Min.), olivenite. -- Wild olive (Bot.), a name given to the
oleaster or wild stock of the olive; also variously to several trees
more or less resembling the olive.
Ol"ive, a. Approaching the color of the olive; of a peculiar dark
brownish, yellowish, or tawny green.
Ol"ived (?), a. Decorated or furnished with olive trees. [R.] T.
Warton.
O*liv"en*ite (?), n. (Min.) An olive-green mineral, a hydrous arseniate
of copper; olive ore.
Ol"i*ver (?), n. 1. [OF. oliviere.] An olive grove. [Obs.] Chaucer.