OLIVE

OLIVE

Fruit of the Olive Tree, and from which, by various means, oil is obtained. Its color, when it is mature, is black.

Its collection is carried out by hand; in Palestine it is already ready for collection in September. Up to more than 30 percent oil by weight can be extracted from it. (See Deut. 28:40; Mi. 6:15; Jas. 3:12.)

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