1. A dish of stewed meat of different kinds. [Obs.] Besides a good olio, the dishes were trifling. Evelyn.
2. A mixture; a medley. Dryden.
3. (Mus.)
Defn: A collection of miscellaneous pieces.
OLITORY Ol"i*to*ry, a. Etym: [L. olitorius belonging to a kitchen gardener, or to vegetables, fr. olitor a kitchen gardener, fr. olus, oleris, vegetables.]
Defn: Of or pertaining to, or produced in, a kitchen garden; used for kitchen purposes; as, olitory seeds. At convenient distance towards the olitory garden. Evelyn.
OLIVA
O*li"va, n. Etym: [L. an olive.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A genus of polished marine gastropod shells, chiefly tropical, and often beautifully colored.
OLIVACEOUS
Ol`i*va"ceous, a. Etym: [L. oliva olive.]
Defn: Resembling the olive; of the color of the olive; olive-green.