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The olive is the small, oval fruit from an olive tree, which is mostly grown in the regions surrounding the Mediterranean Sea.
* Olive trees are a type of large evergreen shrub with tiny white flowers. They grow best in hot weather and can survive well with little water.
* The olive tree's fruit is green in color, changing to black as they ripen. Olives were used for eating and extracting oil.
* Olive oil was used for cooking, for lighting lamps, and for religious ceremonies.
* The olive tree's fruit starts out green and changes to black as they ripen. Olives were useful for food and for the oil that could be extracted from them.
* Olive oil was used for cooking in lamps and for religious ceremonies.
* In the Bible, olive trees and branches are sometimes used figuratively to refer to people.
(See also: [lamp](../other/lamp.md), [the sea](../other/mediterranean.md), [Mount of Olives](../other/mountofolives.md))