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- 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橄榄。
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- Anatomy each of a pair of smooth, oval swellings in the medulla oblongata【剖】橄榄体。
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- a slice of beef or veal made into a roll with stuffing inside and stewed炖牛肉卷。
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- （亦作olive tree）the small evergreen tree which yields this fruit, native to warm regions of the Old World. It has slender leathery leaves with silvery undersides and is widely cultivated.油橄榄, 齐墩果。
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- Olea europaea, family Oleaceae (the olive family). This family also includes the ash, lilac, jasmine, and privet.拉丁名Olea europaea,木犀科。该科还包括梣、丁香、茉莉和女贞。
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- used in names of other trees which are related to the olive, resemble it, or bear similar fruit, e.g. Russian olive.［用于其他与橄榄有亲缘关系的树名, 如Russian olive 沙枣］。
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- （亦作olive green）[mass noun] a greyish-green colour like that of an unripe olive橄榄绿。
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- a metal ring or fitting which is tightened under a threaded nut to form a seal, as in a compression joint（垫在螺母下拧紧以形成密封的）橄榄环。
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- （亦作olive shell）a marine mollusc with a smooth, roughly cylindrical shell which is typically brightly coloured橄榄贝。
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- Genus Oliva, family Olividae, class Gastropoda.枕螺属, 枕螺科, 腹足纲。
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- greyish-green, like an unripe olive橄榄绿的：
a small figure in olive fatigues.
一个穿着橄榄绿作训服的矮小身影。
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- (of the complexion) yellowish brown; sallow（面色、肤色）黄棕色的; 菜色的。
词源
Middle English: via Old French from Latin oliva, from Greek elaia, from elaion 'oil'.