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  olive-green

  noun

  green with a yellowish or brownish tinge.
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  olive green

  noun

olive-green

American  

[ol-iv-green] / ˈɒl ɪvˈgrin /

noun

1. green with a yellowish or brownish tinge.

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olive green British  

noun

1. 1. a colour that is greener, stronger, and brighter than olive; deep yellowish-green

   2. ( as adjective )

      an olive-green coat

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Etymology

Origin of olive-green

First recorded in 1750–60

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OpenAI’s new collection was photographed on models posing against an Instagrammable olive-green backdrop, much like a shoot from a fashion brand.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026

Volodymyr Zelenskyy has worn the same olive-green field clothes ever since, because there is a war on and a suit can wait.

From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2026

His goth uniform included an olive-green trench coat he borrowed from his mom.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2026

Sometimes he sleeps above them in a tiny olive-green trailer in the woods.

From New York Times ● Nov. 11, 2023

He plowed his fingers through the heap of plastic soldiers in the battered cookie tin—identical except for their poses: standing, kneeling, and prone, all with rifles pressed hard to their olive-green cheeks.

From "Pax" by Sara Pennypacker

Dressed in olive green fatigues, Raúl Castro stood next to Díaz-Canel and a line of aged Cuban officials.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 14, 2026

From the outside, the home is as charming as can be as it boasts a stone pathway and olive green paneling.

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 9, 2026

When the olive green charter bus pulled into the suburban civic center in a conservative area east of Cincinnati just after 9 p.m. on Friday, the women were ready.

From Salon ● Nov. 29, 2025

When Cajero switched from his olive green army fatigues to a blue police uniform, he was startled by how differently people treated him.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2025

Slender and sinuous, olive green, mahogany red, scarlet, and ash, they were weighted with broad, gleaming leaves and velvet berries and shaded the beach stones and mud flats.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson