olive

English Thesaurus

1. a yellow-green color of low brightness and saturation (noun.attribute)

hypernym	:	chromatic color, chromatic colour, spectral color, spectral colour,
definition	:	a color that has hue (noun.attribute)

hyponym	:	drab, olive drab,
definition	:	a dull greyish to yellowish or light olive brown (noun.attribute)

2. one-seeded fruit of the European olive tree usually pickled and used as a relish (noun.food)

hypernym	:	relish,
definition	:	spicy or savory condiment (noun.food)

hypernym	:	drupe, stone fruit,
definition	:	fleshy indehiscent fruit with a single seed: e.g. almond; peach; plum; cherry; elderberry; olive; jujube (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	black olive, ripe olive,
definition	:	olives picked ripe and cured in brine then dried or pickled or preserved canned or in oil (noun.food)

hyponym	:	green olive,
definition	:	olives picked green and pickled in brine; infrequently stuffed with e.g. pimento (noun.food)

part meronym	:	european olive tree, olea europaea, olive,
definition	:	evergreen tree cultivated in the Mediterranean region since antiquity and now elsewhere; has edible shiny black fruits (noun.plant)

3. hard yellow often variegated wood of an olive tree; used in cabinetwork (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	wood,
definition	:	the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees (noun.substance)

substance meronym	:	olive tree,
definition	:	a tree of the genus Olea cultivated for its fruit (noun.plant)

4. evergreen tree cultivated in the Mediterranean region since antiquity and now elsewhere; has edible shiny black fruits (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	olive tree,
definition	:	a tree of the genus Olea cultivated for its fruit (noun.plant)

part holonym	:	olive,
definition	:	one-seeded fruit of the European olive tree usually pickled and used as a relish (noun.food)

part holonym	:	olive,
definition	:	small ovoid fruit of the European olive tree; important food and source of oil (noun.plant)

member meronym	:	genus olea, olea,
definition	:	evergreen trees and shrubs having oily one-seeded fruits (noun.plant)

5. small ovoid fruit of the European olive tree; important food and source of oil (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	fruit,
definition	:	the ripened reproductive body of a seed plant (noun.plant)

part meronym	:	european olive tree, olea europaea, olive,
definition	:	evergreen tree cultivated in the Mediterranean region since antiquity and now elsewhere; has edible shiny black fruits (noun.plant)

substance holonym	:	olive oil,
definition	:	oil from olives (noun.food)

6. of a yellow-green color similar to that of an unripe olive (adj.all)

similar	:	chromatic,
definition	:	being or having or characterized by hue (adj.all)