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oliva

oliva noun: olivary body.

Noun

oliva

  1. olivary body
    • The medial part of the ventral lamina forms the most rostral pole of the oliva, the dorsal lamina the most caudal one.1998, R. Nieuwenhuys, Hendrik Jan Donkelaar, Charles Nicholson, The Central Nervous System of Vertebrates: With Posters, page 1562

oliva meaning in Tamil

oliva in Tamil

ஆலிவ் பழம்

Origin of oliva

Borrowed from Latin oliva (“olive”). Doublet of olive.

Questions about oliva

What does oliva mean?
Oliva means olivary body.
What is oliva in Tamil?
Oliva in Tamil is ஆலிவ் பழம். See Oliva meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is oliva?
Oliva is a noun.

Words near oliva in the dictionary

  1. olitorin
  2. olitoriside
  3. olitoriusin
  4. olitory
  5. Olitz
  6. oliva
  7. olivaceous
  8. olivaceous-umber
  9. olivacine
  10. Olivan
  11. olivanic

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Adapted from Wiktionary: oliva (page history and authors); oliva (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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