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For olives that are to be served as table olives, generally the olive is chartreuse colored when it is ripe and harvested.

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 fully ripe Greek olive that has a firm texture and mild flavor. This olive comes from Mytilini, capital of Lesvos, which is one of the Greek islands located in the Aegean Sea.

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.

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.

An olive that may be referred to as a dry-cured olive and is most likely a black olive. It is cured by storing it in salt for a period of one to several months, during which time the flesh of the fruit becomes wrinkled.

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 spicy Mexican dish consisting of various ingredients, such as ground meat, beans, ripe olives, vegetables and seasoning, wrapped in cornmeal dough.

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.

An olive from France that is medium size and has a violet black color. It is brine-cured and as a table olive, has a firm textured meat with a delicate flavor.

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.

An olive that is produced in the Catalonia region of Spain. An Arebequina olive would be a traditional Catalan olive.

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 bread that is typically made with black olives, such as Kalamata olives, to provide a distinctive flavor to the bread.

A Greek olive that is available as a green (blonde) or black variety, depending on ripening. The green is processed prior to fully ripening, while the black is fully ripe.

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

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

A French version of olive bread, made with a dough of bread flour or all-purpose flour that is studded with green or black olives.

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

An olive that has been soaked in oil for several months as a curing process and may have been flavored with a variety of herbs and spices.