olivaceous

[ ol-uh-vey-shuhs ]

adjective

1. of a deep shade of green; olive.

olivaceous

/ ˌɒlɪˈveɪʃəs /

adjective

1. of an olive colour

Word History and Origins

Origin of olivaceous¹

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

Example Sentences

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

From Project Gutenberg

General colour pale olivaceous yellow, with a few obscure large spots along the body somewhat brighter.

From Project Gutenberg

Description.—Above olive-green, darker on the head; wings and tail blackish brown, edged with olive; a broad superciliary stripe commencing on the front on each side, and another commencing at the gape, bright yellow, leaving in the middle a broad patch of dark olive; beneath yellow, breast and flanks olivaceous; throat yellow, bordered on each side by a dark olive mystacal stripe; bill black; feet brown: whole length 6·5 inches, wing 2·8, tail 2.

From Project Gutenberg

Description.—Above bright olive-green, head rather greyish, lores and superciliary stripes yellow; wings blackish, broad ends of coverts and outer edges of secondaries dirty white; tail blackish; beneath bright yellow, sides of breast and flanks olivaceous; under wing-coverts whitish; bill dark horn-colour; feet black: whole length 6·1 inches, wing 3·5, tail 2·7.

From Project Gutenberg

—Above dark cinereous, more or less olivaceous; wings and tail blackish; wing-coverts and outer secondaries with more or less defined edgings of dirty white; beneath, throat and breast cinereous, abdomen and under wing-coverts sulphur-yellow; bill dark brown; feet blackish: whole length 7·0 inches, wing 3·6, tail 3·4.

From Project Gutenberg