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queen olive

queen olive noun: a superior kind of olive grown in Spain. It is large and oblong, with a small but long pit and a delicate flavour, and is cured when green.

Noun

queen olive (plural queen olives)

  1. A superior kind of olive grown in Spain. It is large and oblong, with a small but long pit and a delicate flavour, and is cured when green.
  2. (broadly) Any olive of similar character.

Forms of queen olive

pluralqueen olives

Origin of queen olive

Calque of Spanish aceituna de la reina.

Questions about queen olive

What does queen olive mean?
Queen olive means a superior kind of olive grown in Spain. It is large and oblong, with a small but long pit and a delicate flavour, and is cured when green.
What part of speech is queen olive?
Queen olive is a noun.
What is the plural of queen olive?
The plural of queen olive is queen olives.

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