what are olives made out of if anything?

Question

are there any health benefits to olives, black or green?

Answer 1

The Olive (Olea europaea) is a species of small tree in the family Oleaceae, native to coastal areas of the eastern Mediterranean region, from Syria and the maritime parts of Asia Minor and northern Iran at the south end of the Caspian Sea. Its use as a major agricultural product in preclassical Greece led to its wider distribution throughout the western Mediterranean. Olive trees show a marked preference for calcareous soils, flourishing best on limestone slopes and crags, and coastal climate conditions.

Answer 2

History---The high position held by the Olive tree in ancient as in modern days may be realized when it is remembered that Moses exempted from military service men who would work at its cultivation, and that in Scriptural and classical writings the oil is mentioned as a symbol of goodness and purity, and the tree as representing peace and happiness. The oil, in addition to its wide use in diet, was burnt in the sacred lamps of temples, while the victor in the Olympic games was crowned with its leaves.
---Description---Olea europaea is a small, ever green tree, averaging 20 feet or more inheight. It has many thin branches with opposite branchlets and shortly-stalked, opposite, lanceolate leaves about 2 1/4 inches long, acute, entire and smooth, pale green above and silvery below. The bark is pale grey and the flowers numerous, small and creamywhite in colour.

The dark purple fruit is a drupe about 3/4 inch long, ovoid and often pointed, the fleshy part filled with oil. The thick, bony stone has a blunt keel down one side. It contains a single seed.


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http://www.botanical.com/botanical/mgmh/o/olive-06.html

Answer 3

Gee--OLIVE TREES??

And the ones with red stuffed in them? That's pimento.

WIth white stuffed in them? That's onion.

Olives are among the "perfect" foods for you to eat, particularly Olive Oil. Sure, it looks expensive to buy but you use ONLY A FEW DROPS instead of a 1/4 cup. Your body digests 100% of the olive oil you eat and there is NO oil passing out into the land from your bodily wastes.

Olives are the things the Greeks celebrated above all other foods. They knew--even back then!!

Olives are GOOD for you.

Answer 4

Olives are a fruit that grow on trees. There are health benefits to eating olives and using olive oil in salads and cooking. They have the "good" kind of fat...monounsaturated....which is good for you.