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1 | 99% | 6 | Exact Match! | |
2 | 24% | 15 | Their diet primarily consists of fruits, particularly oily ones | |
3 | 22% | 14 | Certain plants with fruits that contain an oily and resinous substance | |
Oily Fruits Crossword Clue
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We think the answer is "OLIVES" which means:
- noun
- • Small ovoid fruit of the european olive tree; important food and source of oil
- • Evergreen tree cultivated in the mediterranean region since antiquity and now elsewhere; has edible shiny black fruits
- • Hard yellow often variegated wood of an olive tree; used in cabinetwork
- • One-seeded fruit of the european olive tree usually pickled and used as a relish
- • A yellow-green color of low brightness and saturation adjective satellite
- • Of a yellow-green color similar to that of an unripe olive
An example sentence would be:
- • "She loves to eat black olives straight from the jar."
- • "The salad was topped with a generous handful of green olives."
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New York Times29 Jun 1984 | Down 21 | |
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