olivaceous
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of olivaceous
1770–80; < New Latin olīvāceus, equivalent to Latin olīv ( a ) olive + -āceus -aceous
Example Sentences
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Plasmodium dark olivaceous, the sporangia blackish if dried when immature, taking a paler shade of olivaceous, according to development and maturity.
From The Myxomycetes of the Miami Valley, Ohio by Morgan, A. P. (Andrew Price)
Description.—Dark cinereous; head and neck black; crissum white, with a black median patch; bill and frontal shield scarlet; tip of bill yellow; feet olivaceous: whole length 15·0 inches, wing 6·8, tail 2·0.
From Argentine Ornithology, Volume II (of 2) A descriptive catalogue of the birds of the Argentine Republic. by Hudson, W. H. (William Henry)
Speculum bluish purple tipped with black; no white in wing; lining of wing white and dusky; crown without paler margins; throat, usually, without markings; legs "olivaceous brown," bill "greenish black, dusky olive, or olive-green."
From Color Key to North American Birds with bibiographical appendix by Chapman, Frank M.
The mass of the spores is olivaceous, changing to pale-brown.
From The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise Its Habitat and its Time of Growth by Hard, Miron Elisha
Under parts olivaceous yellow, crossed with numerous close bands of blackish brown.
From Zoological Illustrations, Volume I or Original Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, or Interesting Animals by Swainson, William
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