The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word OLIVE
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More clues leading to the result OLIVE
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- Fruit old and bad rejected
- Fruit Twist left unfinished
- Producer of oil? None, as it happens
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What does OLIVE mean?
OLIVE noun- A tree, Olea europaea, cultivated since ancient times in the Mediterranean for its fruit and the oil obtained from it.
- The small oval fruit of this tree, eaten ripe (usually black) or unripe (usually green).
- The wood of the olive tree.
- A dark yellowish-green color, that of an unripe olive.
- An olivary body, part of the medulla oblongata.
- A component of a plumbing compression joint; a ring which is placed between the nut and the pipe and compressed during fastening to provide a seal.
- A small slice of meat seasoned, rolled up, and cooked.
- Any shell of the genus Oliva and allied genera; so called from the shape.
- An oystercatcher, a shore bird.
- Of a grayish green color, that of an unripe olive.
- A tree, Olea europaea, cultivated since ancient times in the Mediterranean for its fruit and the oil obtained from it.
- The small oval fruit of this tree, eaten ripe (usually black) or unripe (usually green).
- The wood of the olive tree.
- A dark yellowish-green color, that of an unripe olive.
- An olivary body, part of the medulla oblongata.
- A component of a plumbing compression joint; a ring which is placed between the nut and the pipe and compressed during fastening to provide a seal.
- A small slice of meat seasoned, rolled up, and cooked.
- Any shell of the genus Oliva and allied genera; so called from the shape.
- An oystercatcher, a shore bird.
- Of a grayish green color, that of an unripe olive.