Definitions
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- adjective of a brown color with a greenish tinge
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Examples
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FIVE ON THE WINGSiberian rubythroat Luscinia calliopeA member of the thrush family which is distinguished by its olive-brown upper parts, bright red throat and white stripes above and below the eyes.
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Product names will appear in standard colors and positions in a regular font and size on packets colored a dark olive-brown, which government research has found holds the lowest appeal to smokers.
Australia Brings Tobacco Legislation to Parliament Enda Curran 2011
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Product names will appear in standard colors and positions in a regular font and size on packets colored a dark olive-brown, which government research has found holds the lowest appeal to smokers.
Philip Morris Challenges Australia Smoke Ad Limits Enda Curran 2011
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Product names will appear in standard colors and positions in a regular font and size on packets colored a dark olive-brown, which government research has found holds the lowest appeal to smokers.
Philip Morris Challenges Australia Smoke Ad Limits Enda Curran 2011
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Under the laws, tobacco-product names will appear in standard colors and positions in a plain font and size on packets colored a dark olive-brown.
Australia Questions Philip Morris Packaging Fight Ross Kelly 2011
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Beginning December 2012, product names will appear in standard colors and positions in a plain font and size on packets colored a dark olive-brown.
BAT Sues Over Australia Cigarette Package Law Ross Kelly 2011
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Beginning December 2012, product names will appear in standard colors and positions in a plain font and size on packets colored a dark olive-brown, which government research has found holds the lowest appeal to smokers.
Australia Cigarette-Packaging Curbs Prompt Suit. Rebecca Thurlow 2011
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In one classic version, "Calyx" is a swarm of bizarre shapes, in yellow and orange and black, that crawl across the olive-brown linen they're silkscreened onto.
Lucienne Day's textiles transcended mere fabric as examples of fine abstract art 2010
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A researcher with the Wildlife Conservation Society stumbled upon the small, olive-brown large-billed reed warbler in 2008 and taped its distinctive song—a recording experts now say is probably the first ever.
Archive 2010-01-17 Bill Crider 2010
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A white embroidered waistcoat, an old coat of olive-brown with metal buttons, and a shirt with a flat-pleated frill completed his costume.
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