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olivaceous, a.|ɒlɪˈveɪʃəs|
[f. mod.L. olīvāceus, F. olivacé olive-green, f. olīva olive: see -aceous.]
Of a dusky green colour with a tinge of yellow (like the unripe fruit of the olive); olive-green; olive. (Chiefly in Nat. Hist.)
1776Pennant Zool. I. 376 The head, neck, back and wings are of an olivaceous ash-colour. 1836Family Tour through Holland 96 The colour..being that of a rich olivaceous green. 1854H. Miller Sch. & Schm. xxi. (1857) 472 Both shale and nodules bore..an olivaceous tint. 1887W. Phillips Brit. Discomycetes 20 Pileus at first nearly even, olivaceous-umber, dark at the apex. |
