noun
pinnate-leaved palms of the genus Elaeis having dense clusters of crowded flowers and bright red fruit and yielding high quality palm oils
• Hypernyms: ↑feather palm
• Hyponyms: ↑African oil palm, ↑Elaeis guineensis, ↑American oil palm, ↑Elaeis oleifera
• Member Holonyms: ↑Elaeis, ↑genus Elaeis
• Part Meronyms: ↑palm nut, ↑palm kernel
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an African feather palm, Elaeis guineensis, the fruits of which yield palm oil.
[1715-25]
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oil palm noun
A palm (Elaeis guineensis) whose fruit pulp yields palm oil
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Main Entry: ↑oil
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oil palm,
an African palm whose fruit and seeds yield palm oil.
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n. a widely cultivated tropical West African palm tree that is the chief source of palm oil. ● Elaeis guineensis, family Palmae: several cultivars
Useful english dictionary. 2012.