Definitions

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  • adjective of a brown color with a greenish tinge

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Examples

  • 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.

    Rare birds flock to British shores in record numbers 2011

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • A white embroidered waistcoat, an old coat of olive-brown with metal buttons, and a shirt with a flat-pleated frill completed his costume.

    Scenes from a Courtesan's Life 2007

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