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olive-drab

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. olive drab, drabnoun

    a dull greyish to yellowish or light olive brown

  2. olive drab, olive-drab uniformnoun

    military uniform of the United States Army; made from cloth of a dull olive color

  3. olive drabadjective

    a cloth of an olive-brown color used for military uniforms

  4. olive-drab, drabadjective

    of a light brownish green color

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  1. olive-drab

    Olive-drab is a color that is a dull, dark shade of green. It is often used in military uniforms and equipment due to its resemblance to the natural environment, aiding in camouflage. It is named after the greenish-brown color of ripening olives.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of olive-drab in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of olive-drab in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of olive-drab in a Sentence

  1. Douglas MacArthur:

    The Long Gray Line has never failed us, were you to do so, a million ghosts in olive drab, in brown khaki, in blue and gray, would rise from their white crosses, thundering those magic words :' Duty, honor, country.'.

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