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black olive

black olive noun: an olive picked after it has ripened; as opposed to a green olive which is picked before ripening.

black olive: an olive picked after it has ripened; as opposed to a green olive which is picked before ripening
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Noun

black olive (plural black olives)

  1. An olive picked after it has ripened; as opposed to a green olive which is picked before ripening.
  2. Terminalia buceras, a tree of the Caribbean.

Forms of black olive

pluralblack olives

Questions about black olive

What does black olive mean?
Black olive means an olive picked after it has ripened; as opposed to a green olive which is picked before ripening.
What part of speech is black olive?
Black olive is a noun.
What is the plural of black olive?
The plural of black olive is black olives.

Words near black olive in the dictionary

  1. black oaks
  2. black oat
  3. black oat grass
  4. black oat grasses
  5. black oats
  6. black olive
  7. black olives
  8. black onion seed
  9. black onion seeds
  10. black op
  11. black opal

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