Olive Varieties

noun a small oval fruit with a hard pit and bitter flesh, green when unripe and brownish black when ripe, used as food and as a source of oil

adjective of, relating to, or made from olives

• The chef drizzled olive oil over the salad for a light and healthy dressing.
• I love snacking on green olives while watching movies.
• Let's grab a pizza with extra olives on top.
• Her skin had an olive tone, giving her a natural glow.

noun the cultivation or growing of olive trees for the production of olives or olive oil

• Oliviculture is the agricultural practice of cultivating olive trees for their fruit.
• My uncle's family has been in oliviculture for generations.
• I never thought I'd be into oliviculture, but now I love tending to my olive trees.
• In the business world, oliviculture refers to nurturing and growing a successful enterprise.