olive green

noun

: a greenish olive

Examples of olive green in a Sentence

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Quinn placed hers in her living room on top of an olive green bookshelf. Katherine McLaughlin, Architectural Digest, 20 Mar. 2026 The lizards look olive green or black, with cream or yellow stripes on their jaws and heads. Julia Gomez, USA Today, 20 Mar. 2026 Video and images released by state media showed Kim’s daughter sticking her head out of the driver’s hatch of a moving, olive green tank while her smiling father sat on top with three soldiers. Hyung-Jin Kim, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2026 Interiors skew minimal and elemental (raw wood, concrete, metal) and spotlight a muted palette of sand and dusty olive green; shades that pull from the sunbaked landscape dotted with palms and agaves. Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for olive green

Word History

First Known Use

1699, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of olive green was in 1699

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“Olive green.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/olive%20green. Accessed 28 Mar. 2026.

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