OLIVA

Meaning of OLIVA in English

( n. )

A genus of polished marine gastropod shells, chiefly tropical, and often beautifully colored.

Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary. Пересмотренный полный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

OLIVA — n olive (1. olive tree; 2. fruit of the olive tree; 3. [Zool.]; 4. the color olive)
Interlingua English vocab
OLIVA — ōˈlīvə noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, olive — more at olive : a genus of carnivorous marine …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
OLIVA — (n.) A genus of polished marine gastropod shells, chiefly tropical, and often beautifully colored.
Английский словарь Webster
OLIVA — noun a genus of polished marine gastropod shells, chiefly tropical, and often beautifully colored.
Webster English vocab
OLIVA — олива (возвышение на боковой поверхности продолговатого мозга)
Новый Англо-Русский медицинский словарь
OLIVINE — noun Etymology: German Olivin, from Latin oliva Date: 1794 a usually greenish mineral that is a complex silicate of magnesium …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
OLIVE — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin oliva, from Greek elaia Date: 13th century 1. a Mediterranean evergreen …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
OLIVE — I. ol·ive ˈälə̇v, -lēv noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old French, from Latin oliva, from (assumed) OGreek …
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PORPHYRY SHELL — noun : an olive shell ( Oliva porphyria ) having a dark-red or brown polished surface with light spots
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PALMERIN — |palmə|rēn noun ( -s ) Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: Palmerin de Oliva, hero of several 16th century Spanish romances archaic …
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OLIVIFEROUS — |älə|vif(ə)rəs adjective Etymology: Latin olivifer oliviferous (from oliva olive + -fer -ferous) + English -ous — more at olive : …
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OLIVIDAE — ōˈlivəˌdē noun plural Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Latin Oliva, type genus + New Latin -idae : a family …
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OLIVE SHELL — noun : any of numerous chiefly tropical marine gastropod mollusks of the genus Oliva or the family Olividae having an …
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OLIVENITE — ōˈlivəˌnīt, ˈäləvəˌ- noun ( -s ) Etymology: German olivenit, from olive (from Latin oliva ) + -it -ite : a …
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OLIVELLA — ˌäləˈvelə noun Etymology: New Latin, diminutive of Latin oliva olive — more at olive 1. capitalized : a genus of …
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OLIVARY — ˈäləˌverē, -ri adjective Etymology: Latin olivarius, from oliva olive + -arius -ary 1. : shaped like an olive 2. : …
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OLIVE — (n.) Any shell of the genus Oliva and allied genera; -- so called from the form. See Oliva.
Английский словарь Webster
OLIVE — ( n. ) Any shell of the genus Oliva and allied genera; -- so called from the form. See Oliva.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
OLIVE — /ol"iv/ , n. 1. an evergreen tree, Olea europaea, of Mediterranean and other warm regions, cultivated chiefly for its fruit. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
OLEACEOUS — /oh'lee ay"sheuhs/ , adj. belonging to the Oleaceae, the olive family of plants. Cf. olive family . [ 1855-60; Oleace …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
OLIVE — I. ˈä-liv, -ləv noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin oliva, from Greek elaia Date: 13th century 1. a. …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
OLIVINE — noun Etymology: German Olivin, from Latin oliva Date: 1794 : a usually greenish mineral that is a complex silicate of …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
OLIVE — noun the oyster catcher. 2. olive ·noun an olivary body. ·see under olivary. 3. olive ·noun the color of the …
Webster English vocab
OLIVE — ■ noun 1》 a small oval fruit with a hard stone and bitter flesh, green when unripe and bluish black …
Concise Oxford English vocab
OLIVINE — [ol.iv.ine] n [G Olivin, fr. L oliva] (1794): a usu. greenish mineral that is a complex silicate of magnesium and …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
OLIVE — [ol.ive] n [ME, fr. OF, fr. L oliva, fr. Gk elaia] (13c) 1 a: a Mediterranean evergreen tree (Olea europaea …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
PRODUCTION SYSTEM — any of the methods used in industry to create goods and services from various resources. Morris Tanenbaum William K. Holstein …
Britannica English vocabulary
OLIVE SHELL — any of the marine snails that constitute the family Olividae (subclass Prosobranchia of the class Gastropoda). Fossils of the genus …
Britannica English vocabulary
OLIVE — n. & adj. --n. 1 (in full olive tree) any evergreen tree of the genus Olea, having dark-green lance-shaped leathery …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
OLIVE — n. & adj. n. 1 (in full olive tree) any evergreen tree of the genus Olea, having dark-green lance-shaped leathery …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
OLIVE — n. & adj. --n. 1. (in full olive tree) any evergreen tree of the genus Olea, having dark-green lance-shaped leathery …
Oxford English vocab

Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary

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