olive vs tawny

olive

noun
  • A dark yellowish-green color, that of an unripe olive. 

  • An oystercatcher, a shore bird. 

  • Any shell of the genus Oliva and allied genera; so called from the shape. 

  • A tree, Olea europaea, cultivated since ancient times in the Mediterranean for its fruit and the oil obtained from it. 

  • The wood of the olive tree. 

  • The small oval fruit of this tree, eaten ripe (usually black) or unripe (usually green). 

  • A component of a plumbing compression joint; a ring which is placed between the nut and the pipe and compressed during fastening to provide a seal. 

  • A small slice of meat seasoned, rolled up, and cooked. 

  • An olivary body, part of the medulla oblongata. 

adj
  • Of a grayish green color, that of an unripe olive. 

tawny

noun
  • A light brown to brownish orange colour. 

  • Synonym of tenné (“a rarely-used tincture of orange or bright brown”) 

  • In full tawny port: a sweet, fortified port wine which is blended and matured in wooden casks. 

  • Tawny owl. 

  • Tawny frogmouth. 

  • The common bullfinch or Eurasian bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula). 

  • Something of a light brown or brownish orange colour (particularly if it has the word tawny in its name). 

verb
  • To become a light brown to brownish orange colour; to tan, to tawn. 

  • To cause (someone or something) to have a light brown to brownish orange colour; to tan, to tawn. 

adj
  • Of a light brown to brownish orange colour. 

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