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olive-green
[ ol-iv-green ]
noun
- green with a yellowish or brownish tinge.
olive green
noun
- a colour that is greener, stronger, and brighter than olive; deep yellowish-green
- ( as adjective )
an olive-green coat
Word History and Origins
Origin of olive-green1
Example Sentences
Aware of the growing discontentment, President Miguel Diaz-Canel appeared on state TV wearing the traditional olive-green fatigues of the Cuban revolution.
He matched the image in the book to a photograph on his computer hard drive of an olive-green gem fragment that he had previously been offered for sale by a British dealer called Malcolm Hay.
Sometimes he sleeps above them in a tiny olive-green trailer in the woods.
A man standing next to the open tailgate of his hatchback pulled on a crumpled olive-green army shirt.
Parent activists — including several wearing olive-green “Mom Army” T-shirts — made their way through lawmakers’ offices Monday to oppose a slate of bills.
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