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The oil produced from manual or machine pressing of the fruit (olives) from the olive tree. The flavor and color of the olive oil produced from the same variety of olive may vary significantly from one region to the next as well as from grower to grower, since soils and environment will have an effect on creating different flavors within olives grown in the same area.

The fruit from the olive tree that is small and round with a pit or stone surrounded by the flesh. Olives vary in color from bright green to brownish red and black, depending on maturity and ripeness when the fruit was picked.

A term that refers to olive oil that is light in flavor: It is not a designation for olive oil that is low in calories.

A type of olive oil marketed as an extra light version of virgin olive oil. The name can be somewhat deceiving because many consumers believe that this type of olive oil is lower in calories than other types of olive oil, which is not true.

The lowest grade of virgin olive oil: It is not fit for human consumption. It has a natural acidity above 3.3% and may also have an unpleasant taste and aroma.

A type of olive oil that has been highly processed in order to neutralize defects in the oil. Among the defects are a natural acidity higher than 3.3%, poor flavor, and an unpleasant odor.

An olive that has the flesh split open either manually or by a machine with thin, sharp blades in order to allow a marinade of oils (such as olive oil) vinegars, herbs (such as herbes de Provence), and spices (basil, garlic, fennel, lemon, onion, or others), to penetrate the meat faster.

A small oval olive from Italy that has a wrinkled black flesh if they are salt cured or a smoother dark violet flesh if brine cured.

A large Greek olive that can be dark brown, light brown or red in color. It is an oblong shaped olive that is often slit, salt brine-cured, and packed with vinegar and olive oil providing a fruity flavor, similar to a Kalamata olive.

A medium size, almond shaped Greek olive that ranges from black to purple in color. It is a brine-cured, stone cracked olive that is slit, packed in vinegar, and cured to produce a rich, somewhat sour to fruity flavor.

A large oval shaped olive grown in Spain and other countries such as the U.S., that is green in color with a rougher and meatier texture.

A large, pale green colored Greek olive that is oval in shape and usually harvested when it is young.

A term that refers to large quantities of olive oil shipped to bottlers from various regions of a country or from several different countries.

Small in size, this variety of olive is the main variety grown in the Ligurian region on the northwest coast of Italy.

Common in the Mediterranean this variety is the most widely grown olive in Greece. Round to oblong in shape, the meat of this olive is firm, fine textured and fruity flavored.

Clay red to purple in color, this variety of olive is a common and popular food item in Australia. Oval in shape and similar to a Chilean Alfonso or Alphonso olive, the Australian Blood Olive has a meaty texture that provides a somewhat fruity flavor.

A term used in the U.S. to describe a medium size olive that is native to Spain but grown in California.

A bottle that is typically formed in a manner, such as tall and narrow, for use in conveniently holding and dispensing olive oil.

An olive, traditionally from France, that has been cured in light brine, and marinated in herbes de Provence, which are selected herbs from Provence, France.

A large sized Greek olive that can be dark brown, light brown or red in color. It is an oblong shaped olive that is slit, salt brine-cured, packed with vinegar and olive oil providing a fruity flavor, similar to a Kalamata olive.