"olive drab" meaning in English

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Adjective

Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} olive drab (not comparable)
  1. Of a greyish green colour, like that of a ripe green olive. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Greens Translations (colour): 濃黄緑色の (nōōryokushoku no) (alt: のうおうりょくしょくの) (Japanese)
    Sense id: en-olive_drab-en-adj-OLlI7Edp Disambiguation of Greens: 34 42 24 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Japanese translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 44 54 2 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 45 53 2 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 44 53 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 46 53 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 46 52 3

Noun

Forms: olive drabs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} olive drab (countable and uncountable, plural olive drabs)
  1. A greyish green colour, like that of a ripe green olive; almost invariably with a matte finish. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Greens
    Sense id: en-olive_drab-en-noun-fhnr7xFT Disambiguation of Greens: 34 42 24 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Japanese translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 44 54 2 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 45 53 2 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 44 53 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 46 53 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 46 52 3
  2. Cloth of an olive drab colour, used often for military uniforms. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Greens
    Sense id: en-olive_drab-en-noun-HQNgzOJ5 Disambiguation of Greens: 34 42 24
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (colour): 濃黄緑色 (nōōryokushoku) (alt: のうおうりょくしょく) (Japanese)
Disambiguation of 'colour': 51 49

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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