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  olive-green

  noun

  green with a yellowish or brownish tinge.
• olive green
  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

Example Sentences

Aware of the growing discontentment, President Miguel Diaz-Canel appeared on state TV wearing the traditional olive-green fatigues of the Cuban revolution.

From BBC • Oct. 25, 2024

The war, for her, is simple in the end, captured on the olive-green shirt she wears.

From New York Times • Jun. 22, 2022

There, with his new wife watching from the wings, he took the stage in olive-green fatigues and soon had the crowd in stitches with close-to-the-bone humor about army and married life.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 13, 2022

Times fashion scribe Adam Tschorn told me via Slack, “Zelensky in a raglan-sleeve olive-green shirt beats a shirtless Putin any day.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 28, 2022

It wasn’t one of the ordinary olive-green caps you could buy in a store.

From "Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution" by Ji-li Jiang