olive-green
noun
green with a yellowish or brownish tinge.
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olive-green
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[ol-iv-green]
/ ˈɒl ɪvˈgrin /
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olive green
British
noun
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
He matched the image in the book to a photograph on his computer hard drive of an olive-green gem fragment that he had previously been offered for sale by a British dealer called Malcolm Hay.
From BBC ● May 27, 2024
Sometimes he sleeps above them in a tiny olive-green trailer in the woods.
From New York Times ● Nov. 11, 2023
The duct tape does nothing to hide the offensive olive-green flower pattern that’s stitched into the worn yellow velour covering her cushions and scalloped back.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
Behind him, also in olive green, was Raúl Rodríguez Castro, 41, who for years was his grandfather’s bodyguard, remains a constant presence at his side when he appears in public.
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
The olive green freshwater reptile has a distinct bony crest at the back of its head - by some estimates, it can grow up to 3m or nearly 10ft.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2024
The ground is an olive green, the toreadors cloth is a light pink.
From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman
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