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green olive

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

Noun

green olive (plural green olives)

  1. An olive picked before it has ripened; as opposed to a black olive which is picked after ripening.

Forms of green olive

pluralgreen olives

Questions about green olive

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

Words near green olive in the dictionary

  1. green oak
  2. green oaks
  3. green oil
  4. green oils
  5. green old age
  6. green olive
  7. green olives
  8. green onion
  9. green onions
  10. green open access
  11. green ormer

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