Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Oil pressed from olives, used in salad dressings, for cooking, as an ingredient in cosmetics, and as an emollient.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A fixed oil expressed from the pericarp or pulp of the common olive.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
vegetable oil , pressed from olives, and used incooking and as asalad dressing ; it is high inunsaturated fatty acids .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun oil from olives
Etymologies
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From olive + oil. Compare earlier oil of olives.
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skipvia commented on the word olive oil
Virgin made me think of extra-virgin olive oil. No, really. See Free Association.
March 10, 2008