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#1·Apr 27, 2026UK

A tree of species cultivated since ancient times in the Mediterranean for its fruit and the oil obtained from it.

Trevor, like an Aussie outbacker, eats snacks and a pickup meal of bread, cantaloupe, olives, mangoes, and melon.
Origin: From , from , from , itself either from , Pre-Classical Greek *ἐλαίϝα (compare , ), or the same source as those two. In any case, ultimately from a Mediterranean source, possibly . More questionably, maybe from (compare , ). . Displaced native , literally "oil berry.". Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Heard in the wild

  • “Thanks Putin, thanks Trump. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/may/04/uk-food-prices-rise-cost-of-living-crisis-beef-olive-oil-inflation”

    — Bluesky· May 2026

  • “Surviving. 🍸🫒🕊️🌳🌱 #ThickTrunkTuesday #Olive #Puglia”

    — Bluesky· May 2026

  • “Ancient olive in Portugal for #thicktrunktuesday”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
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#2·Apr 27, 2026UK

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

Trevor, like an Aussie outbacker, eats snacks and a pickup meal of bread, cantaloupe, olives, mangoes, and melon.
Heard in the wild

  • “States have no rights. People have rights. 'Right olive' LOL. Does that refer to the thousands of ancient Palestinian olive trees Israel has chopped down. Askenazi Jews have 50 - 70% European DNA. In what sense is Palestine ancestral to them?”

    — Bluesky· May 2026

  • “covering myself in olive oil and herbs for no reason nope not due to large cat women or anything, nope.”

    — Bluesky· May 2026

  • “My flash fiction is in the 50th issue of The New River Journal: "In T.L. Tomljanovic’s “The Planetarium Used to Be My Favorite Place,” a bride-to-be, who’d rather be at Olive Garden than her wedding rehearsal, reflects on happier days at the local planetarium."”

    — Bluesky· May 2026

  • “Say hi to @mizu450.bsky.social for creating Thesyus (the Cerulean), Austri (the Olive), and Teagan (the Teal one) Yeah, h2d fankids”

    — Bluesky· May 2026

  • “My cat Olive says go fuck yourself”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
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#3·Apr 27, 2026UK

The wood of the olive tree.

olives of veal
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