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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Olive-green.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Applied to complexion, of a dull tawny color, with a greenish tinge in the shadows.
  • In zoology and botany, of an olive-green color; olive-green.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Resembling the olive; of the color of the olive; olive-green.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Having the color of a green olive.

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