olivaceous
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of olivaceous
1770–80; < New Latin olīvāceus, equivalent to Latin olīv ( a ) olive + -āceus -aceous
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The gills are adnate, sometimes decurrent by a little tooth, rather crowded, narrow, whitish, then dull yellow, and becoming dark from the spores, purplish to olivaceous.
From Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc. by George Francis Atkinson
Its color is olivaceous or yellowish, with numerous brown spots.
From The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary Section I, J, K, and L by Project Gutenberg
The cap is of a dull yellow color, olivaceous, darkening with age to a brownish tinge.
From Among the Mushrooms A Guide For Beginners by Ellen M. Dallas
In both sexes in this species the plumage is deep olivaceous brown, the breast pure yellow.
From Argentine Ornithology, Volume I (of 2) A descriptive catalogue of the birds of the Argentine Republic. by W. H. (William Henry) Hudson
The pileus is convex or plane, soft, silky, olivaceous, the cuticle rust-color within, flesh white, yellow next the tubes, sparingly changing to blue.
From The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise Its Habitat and its Time of Growth by Miron Elisha Hard
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