olive oil


noun
  1. an oil expressed from the olive fruit, used in cooking, in salad dressings, in medicine, etc.

Origin of olive oil

1
First recorded in 1765–75

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British Dictionary definitions for olive oil

olive oil

noun
  1. a pale yellow oil pressed from ripe olive fruits and used in cooking, medicines, soaps, etc

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