olivaceous

American  

[ol-uh-vey-shuhs] / ˌɒl əˈveɪ ʃəs /

adjective

1. of a deep shade of green; olive.

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olivaceous British  

/ ˌɒlɪˈveɪʃəs /

adjective

1. of an olive colour

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Etymology

Origin of olivaceous

1770–80; < New Latin olīvāceus, equivalent to Latin olīv ( a ) olive + -āceus -aceous

Example Sentences

Speculum bluish purple tipped with black; no white in wing; lining of wing white and dusky; crown without paler margins; throat, usually, without markings; legs "olivaceous brown," bill "greenish black, dusky olive, or olive-green."

From Color Key to North American Birds with bibiographical appendix by Chapman, Frank M.

The spores and the capillitium are at first olivaceous, then brownish-purple, the spores rough and minutely warted.

From The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise Its Habitat and its Time of Growth by Hard, Miron Elisha

Under parts olivaceous yellow, crossed with numerous close bands of blackish brown.

From Zoological Illustrations, Volume I or Original Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, or Interesting Animals by Swainson, William

No skins of adults are in the series, but the skins of three subadults have darker upper parts, a darker tail and less olivaceous sides than T. h. columbiensis.

From Mammals taken Along the Alaska Highway by Baker, Rollin H. (Rollin Harold)

Mass of spores and capillitium not solid or hard; yellowish-brown, or olivaceous, then purplish-brown; the threads three to five times branched, the ends of the branches slender and tapering to a point.

From The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise Its Habitat and its Time of Growth by Hard, Miron Elisha