olive woodn.

Brit.

/ˈɒlɪv ˌwʊd/, U.S.

/ˈɑləv ˌwʊd/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: olive n.¹, wood n.¹

Etymology: < olive n.¹ + wood n.¹

a. The wood of an olive tree, esp. of Olea europaea var. europaea, used chiefly in ornamental work.

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society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood of specific trees > [noun] > wood of fruit trees > olive

olive?a1425

olive wood1681

1681 N. Grew Musæum Regalis Societatis (1694) iii. i. 269 'Tis just of the colour of the browner sort of Olive-Wood well varnish'd.

1698 in G. Eland Shardeloes Papers (1947) ii. 16 An olive wood table, stands & glass.

1718 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. 19 May (1965) I. 414 There are others of mother of Pearl and olive wood inlaid.

1729 Evelyn's Sylva iii. iv. 228 As in the temple Despoene..where they were prohibited the burning of Olive-wood, or the ϕυτὸν Μανικόν, the Vaticinatric Laurel, or the Thick-rind Oak [etc.].

1812 J. Smyth Pract. of Customs ii. 246 Olive Wood is beautifully veined, and has an agreeable smell.

1888 Pall Mall Gaz. 6 Sept. 10/1 The manufacture..of objects of devotion in mother-of-pearl and olive-wood.

1904 W. M. Gallichan Fishing & Trav. Spain vi. 65 They were herdsmen, with olive-wood staves.

1946 A. Koestler Thieves in Night 279 Pen-holders of olivewood with a tiny inlaid lens through which one could see a micro-panorama of Jerusalem.

1998 G. Clarke Five Fields 83 Home to a fire of olive wood, a hot bath strewn with rosemary, warmed towels, a glass of wine.

†b. Any of several trees of the genus Cassine (formerly Elaeodendron) (family Celastraceae), formerly providing an ornamental wood. Obsolete.

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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular timber trees or shrubs > [noun] > other timber trees

jasmine-wood1712

fiddlewood1714

loblolly tree1750

rosewood1755

loblolly-wood1756

horn-beech1771

hop hornbeam1785

olive wood1866

myrtle1880

pounce tree1884

rosebush1889

1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 811/1 Olive-wood, Elæodendron.

1884 W. Miller Dict. Eng. Names Plants 98/2 Olive-wood, Australian, Elæodendron australe and E. integrifolium.

c. Caribbean. A tropical American evergreen shrub or small tree, Capparis odoratissima (family Capparidaceae).

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1939 R. C. Marshall Silviculture Trinidad & Tobago 4 Olive Wood is a small tree with alternate, simple, leathery leaves.

1946 J. S. Beard Nat. Vegetation Trinidad iii. 28 Capparis odoratissima Jacq. Olivewood, Bois d'olive.

1994 M. Griffiths Index Garden Plants 204/2 C. odoratissima Jacq. Olive wood; olivo; naranjuelo.

2. Woodland or a wood consisting wholly or chiefly of olive trees. Now chiefly poetic.

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the world > the earth > land > landscape > fertile land or place > land with vegetation > [noun] > wooded land > types of

ripplelOE

wildwooda1122

rough1332

firth?a1400

tod stripec1446

osiard1509

bush1523

bush-ground1523

fritha1552

island1638

oak landc1658

pinelandc1658

piney wood1666

broom-land1707

pine barrenc1721

pine savannah1735

savannah1735

thick woods1754

scrub-land1779

olive wood1783

primeval forest1789

open wood1790

strong woods1792

scrub1805

oak flata1816

sertão1816

sprout-land1824

flatwoods1841

bush-land1842

tall timber1845

amber forest1846

caatinga1846

mahogany scrub1846

bush-flat1847

myall country1847

national forest1848

selva1849

monte1851

virgin forest1851

bush-country1855

savannah forest1874

bush-range1879

bushveld1879

protection forest1889

mulga1896

wood-bush1896

shinnery1901

fringing forest1903

monsoon forest1903

rainforest1903

savannah woodland1903

thorn forest1903

tropical rainforest1903

gallery forest1920

cloud forest1922

rain jungle1945

mato1968

1783 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 73 177 The olive woods, in some parts of the plain, are regularly planted in lines, and in others grow irregularly.

1826 M. W. Shelley Last Man II. i. 9 The news spread through Athens, and the whole city poured out at the gate of the Piræus, down the roads, through the vineyards, the olive woods and plantations of fig-trees, towards the harbour.

1863 M. Howitt tr. F. Bremer Greece & Greeks I. iv. 102 Nearly the whole of our way lay through sparse olive-woods.

1874 J. Ruskin Let. in Hortus Inclusus (1887) 3 His own little cell, looking out on the olive woods.

1890 F. Tennyson Isles of Greece 258 The darkness of the vineyards, and a slope Of olivewood behind.

1906 C. M. Doughty Dawn in Brit. II. vi. 88 By olive woods, thence passed;..They draw, now, nigh to city very great, Samaria.

1920 W. B. Rose Moons of Grandeur 68 Those autumn weeks in oak and olive wood Verily saved my life.

1955 A. Pippett Moth & Star xvii. 312 They wandered in olive woods, along cliffs soft with flowers no bigger than pearls or topazes.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	olive wood
释义	olive woodn. Brit. /ˈɒlɪv ˌwʊd/, U.S. /ˈɑləv ˌwʊd/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: olive n.¹, wood n.¹ Etymology: < olive n.¹ + wood n.¹ 1. a. The wood of an olive tree, esp. of Olea europaea var. europaea, used chiefly in ornamental work. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood of specific trees > [noun] > wood of fruit trees > olive olive?a1425 olive wood1681 1681 N. Grew Musæum Regalis Societatis (1694) iii. i. 269 'Tis just of the colour of the browner sort of Olive-Wood well varnish'd. 1698 in G. Eland Shardeloes Papers (1947) ii. 16 An olive wood table, stands & glass. 1718 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. 19 May (1965) I. 414 There are others of mother of Pearl and olive wood inlaid. 1729 Evelyn's Sylva iii. iv. 228 As in the temple Despoene..where they were prohibited the burning of Olive-wood, or the ϕυτὸν Μανικόν, the Vaticinatric Laurel, or the Thick-rind Oak [etc.]. 1812 J. Smyth Pract. of Customs ii. 246 Olive Wood is beautifully veined, and has an agreeable smell. 1888 Pall Mall Gaz. 6 Sept. 10/1 The manufacture..of objects of devotion in mother-of-pearl and olive-wood. 1904 W. M. Gallichan Fishing & Trav. Spain vi. 65 They were herdsmen, with olive-wood staves. 1946 A. Koestler Thieves in Night 279 Pen-holders of olivewood with a tiny inlaid lens through which one could see a micro-panorama of Jerusalem. 1998 G. Clarke Five Fields 83 Home to a fire of olive wood, a hot bath strewn with rosemary, warmed towels, a glass of wine. †b. Any of several trees of the genus Cassine (formerly Elaeodendron) (family Celastraceae), formerly providing an ornamental wood. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular timber trees or shrubs > [noun] > other timber trees jasmine-wood1712 fiddlewood1714 loblolly tree1750 rosewood1755 loblolly-wood1756 horn-beech1771 hop hornbeam1785 olive wood1866 myrtle1880 pounce tree1884 rosebush1889 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 811/1 Olive-wood, Elæodendron. 1884 W. Miller Dict. Eng. Names Plants 98/2 Olive-wood, Australian, Elæodendron australe and E. integrifolium. c. Caribbean. A tropical American evergreen shrub or small tree, Capparis odoratissima (family Capparidaceae). ΚΠ 1939 R. C. Marshall Silviculture Trinidad & Tobago 4 Olive Wood is a small tree with alternate, simple, leathery leaves. 1946 J. S. Beard Nat. Vegetation Trinidad iii. 28 Capparis odoratissima Jacq. Olivewood, Bois d'olive. 1994 M. Griffiths Index Garden Plants 204/2 C. odoratissima Jacq. Olive wood; olivo; naranjuelo. 2. Woodland or a wood consisting wholly or chiefly of olive trees. Now chiefly poetic. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > fertile land or place > land with vegetation > [noun] > wooded land > types of ripplelOE wildwooda1122 rough1332 firth?a1400 tod stripec1446 osiard1509 bush1523 bush-ground1523 fritha1552 island1638 oak landc1658 pinelandc1658 piney wood1666 broom-land1707 pine barrenc1721 pine savannah1735 savannah1735 thick woods1754 scrub-land1779 olive wood1783 primeval forest1789 open wood1790 strong woods1792 scrub1805 oak flata1816 sertão1816 sprout-land1824 flatwoods1841 bush-land1842 tall timber1845 amber forest1846 caatinga1846 mahogany scrub1846 bush-flat1847 myall country1847 national forest1848 selva1849 monte1851 virgin forest1851 bush-country1855 savannah forest1874 bush-range1879 bushveld1879 protection forest1889 mulga1896 wood-bush1896 shinnery1901 fringing forest1903 monsoon forest1903 rainforest1903 savannah woodland1903 thorn forest1903 tropical rainforest1903 gallery forest1920 cloud forest1922 rain jungle1945 mato1968 1783 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 73 177 The olive woods, in some parts of the plain, are regularly planted in lines, and in others grow irregularly. 1826 M. W. Shelley Last Man II. i. 9 The news spread through Athens, and the whole city poured out at the gate of the Piræus, down the roads, through the vineyards, the olive woods and plantations of fig-trees, towards the harbour. 1863 M. Howitt tr. F. Bremer Greece & Greeks I. iv. 102 Nearly the whole of our way lay through sparse olive-woods. 1874 J. Ruskin Let. in Hortus Inclusus (1887) 3 His own little cell, looking out on the olive woods. 1890 F. Tennyson Isles of Greece 258 The darkness of the vineyards, and a slope Of olivewood behind. 1906 C. M. Doughty Dawn in Brit. II. vi. 88 By olive woods, thence passed;..They draw, now, nigh to city very great, Samaria. 1920 W. B. Rose Moons of Grandeur 68 Those autumn weeks in oak and olive wood Verily saved my life. 1955 A. Pippett Moth & Star xvii. 312 They wandered in olive woods, along cliffs soft with flowers no bigger than pearls or topazes. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1681
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