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Definition of Oil palm
1. Noun. Pinnate-leaved palms of the genus Elaeis having dense clusters of crowded flowers and bright red fruit and yielding high quality palm oils.
Group relationships: Elaeis, Genus Elaeis
Specialized synonyms: African Oil Palm, Elaeis Guineensis, American Oil Palm, Elaeis Oleifera
Terms within: Palm Kernel, Palm Nut
Definition of Oil palm
1. Noun. Any of two species of trees in the Arecaceae, or palm family of trees, found in western Africa. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Oil Palm
Literary usage of Oil palm
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Condensed Chemical Dictionary: A Reference Volume for All Requiring by Chemical Catalog Company, Inc (1920)
"Oil, Palm. See Palm butter and Palm- nut oil. Oil, Palm-kernel. See Palm-nut oil.
Oil, Palm-nut. See Palm-nut oil. Oil, Palmarosa. See Geranium oil, Turkish ..."
2. Chemical Technology and Analysis of Oils, Fats, and Waxes by Julius Lewkowitsch (1904)
"Physical and Chemical Constants of Maripa Fat Physical and Chemical Constants of
the Mixed Fatty Acids (f) PALM KERNEL OIL, PALM NUT OIL French—Huik de ..."
3. A Transformed Colony by Thomas Joshua Alldridge (1910)
"CHAPTER XXXIV THE OIL-PALM THE oil-palm reigns supreme on the West Coast of ...
The oil-palm would seem to have a will of its own in the selection of its ..."
4. The Practice of Lubrication: An Engineering Treatise on the Origin, Nature by Thomas Christian Thomsen (1920)
"Palm Oil, Palm Kernel Oil (Non-drying).—Palm Oil and Palm Kernel Oil are ...
from the fruit of the African oil palm. The palm oil is produced from the ..."
5. Tropical Agriculture: A Treatise on the Culture, Preparation, Commerce and by Peter Lund Simmonds (1889)
"has a contract for 100000 per mouth. They come from Jamaica, Cuba, and the Spanish
Main, and sell from $37-50 to $50 per thousand. THE A.FRICAN oil palm ..."
6. The Practice of Lubrication: An Engineering Treatise on the Origin, Nature by Thomas Christian Thomsen (1920)
"Palm Oil, Palm Kernel Oil (Non-drying). ... Oil and Palm Kernel Oil are obtained
from the fruit of the African oil palm. The palm oil is produced from the ..."
7. Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge by ed Andrew Findlater, John Merry Ross (1868)
"... which is obtained from the not very thick covering of the hard seeds of the
Oil-palm (qv). The fruits, when gathered, are shaken out of the clusters, ..."
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