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Example sentences from the Web for olive brownThe olive-brown robe of one saint is balanced by the rich red of the other. Fra Bartolommeo and Andrea D'Agnolo|Leader Scott When newly laid the egg (Plate 5, Fig. 1a) is yellowish, but changes to olive-brown. The Moths of the British Isles, Second Series|Richard South Five eggs are usually laid, green of various shades in ground colour, spotted and blotched with olive-brown and gray. British Sea Birds|Charles Dixon Olive-brown filaments, resembling fine, knotted threads, each knob having a whorl of delicate filaments. The Sea-beach at Ebb-tide|Augusta Foote Arnold
noun- a dull yellowish-brown to yellowish-green colour
- (as adjective)an olive-brown coat
Words nearby olive brownolivary body, olivary nucleus, olive, olive-backed thrush, olive branch, olive brown, olive crown, olive drab, olive family, olive-green, olivenite Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to olive brownbeige, drab, khaki, brownish, natural, gold, saddle, ecru, cream, bronze, buff, biscuit, sand, suntan, olive, umber, tawny, yellowish |