olive-green

[ ol-iv-green ]

/ ˈɒl ɪvˈgrin /

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noun, adjective

green with a yellowish or brownish tinge.

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Origin of olive-green

First recorded in 1750–60

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How to use olive-green in a sentence

Its olive-green fuselage stood out against the snowed peaks.
How the Dead Come Home From Afghanistan|Nick Willard|May 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Colors were vivid and autumnal, including fuchsia and olive green with metallic shimmers.
Valentino, Chanel, and Alexander McQueen at Paris Fashion Week|Liza Foreman|March 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He knocked loose the olive-green keffiyeh he wore over his black curls.
The Fourth War: My Lunch with a Jihadi|Elliot Ackerman|January 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He wore an olive green coat, yellow waistcoat, and light grey trousers, strapped over his boots.
Skipper Worse|Alexander Lange Kielland

On cooling over night, an olive green precipitate separated out which was dried and found to be a light powder.
Some Constituents of the Poison Ivy Plant: (Rhus Toxicodendron)|William Anderson Syme
The residue in the dish consisted of undecomposed tar and an olive-green flaky substance.
Some Constituents of the Poison Ivy Plant: (Rhus Toxicodendron)|William Anderson Syme
The ebbed waters lay beyond, very far away, across this plain of slimy weed, of a black and shining olive-green.
The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Volume VIII.|Guy de Maupassant
In the middle of the wall hung a large olive-green card with silver lettering.
Hyacinth|George A. Birmingham

British Dictionary definitions for olive-green

olive green

noun

a colour that is greener, stronger, and brighter than olive; deep yellowish-green
(as adjective)an olive-green coat

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