The story
- French · derived fromniçoise
- English todayNiçoise olive
From French niçoise, feminine of niçois (“of Nice (town in France)”), and olive.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Niçoise olive
Today it means: A dark olive of a cultivar grown primarily in the Alpes-Maritimes region near Nice and the Riviera di Ponente, Italy. Full definition →
French niçoise