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

A medium to large sized Mediterranean olive common in Italy. Mildly fruity and only slightly bitter in taste, this olive is meaty and provides a good amount of oil when used in the production of olive oil.

A food spread typically made with Italian black olives that are pureed and mixed with olive oil and black pepper.

Generally a black olive that has been salt-cured by storing it in salt from one to several months, resulting in a wrinkled flesh.

A medium size Italian olive that is oval shaped and purplish-black in color. It is a prized table olive and is also used to produce olive oil with a delicate and mild flavor.

A large purplish-black olive from California that grows in several different oval-shaped sizes and produced similar to Greek olives.

A large oval shaped black or green olive native to Italy. It is a brine-cured olive that generally provides a softer delicately sweet flavor.

A medium to large round green olive grown in California, but originally from Tunisia. The olive has a fruity flavor with a slightly bitter taste.

Also known as Azapena or Sevillana de Azapa, this olive is named for the region in Chile where it is grown.

A medium size Greek olive that is black in color. It is a dry-cured olive, grown only on the island of Thasos in the Aegean Sea.

A type of low grade olive oil that must be refined before it can be sold for human consumption. The oil is obtained from the residue that remains after the "first cold pressing." Up to 90% of the oil is obtained from the olives during the first cold pressing, but the remaining 10% is contained within the residue.

A very small light greenish-brown colored olive native to Spain that contains a soft-textured delicately flavored meat.

A medium sized Spanish olive that is elongated in shape and a darker violet when harvested. It is most often used to produce higher quality olive oil, but is also produced as a table olive soaked in sherry to be used as an hors d'oeuvre.

A large Greek olive with light green coloring that contains soft-textured, delicately flavored meat....

A medium size black olive with a shriveled flesh and soft meat that provides a bitter aftertaste. This olive is most often used as a cooking olive.

A small to medium size olive, produced in Spain and California, that is greenish brown in color and oval shaped.

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

A kitchen utensil that is used as a serving dish for olives, pickled garlic and other similar small round foods.

Also referred to as Sicilian style, this Italian olive is a large green variety that is highly seasoned in a marinade of herbs and has a somewhat salty or sour flavor.

A small black Nicoise olive that is brine-cured, resulting in a very tasty sweet flavor. This olive, native to North Africa, has a distinctively firm flesh.