Definition of Palm nut

1. Noun. Seed of any oil palm.

Exact synonyms: Palm Kernel
Terms within: Palm Oil
Group relationships: Oil Palm
Generic synonyms: Nut

Lexicographical Neighbors of Palm Nut

pallor
pallors
palls
pally
palm
palm-chin reflex
palm-leaf
palm-shaped
palm-tree
palm-trees
palm card
palm cat
palm civet
palm family
palm kernel
palm nut (current term)
palm off
palm oil
palm print
palm prints
palm reading
palm sugar
palm sunday
palm syrup
palm thief
palm thieves
palm tree
palm tree justice
palm trees
palm wax

Literary usage of Palm nut

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Journal of American Folk-lore by American Folklore Society (1920)
"'Possum finds a palm-nut, and starts home to share it with his family. Palm-Nut asks him to lay him on the ground to rest, he has kept hold of him so tight. ..."

2. Chemical Technology and Analysis of Oils, Fats, and Waxes by Julius Lewkowitsch (1904)
"In this manufacture a hard fat ("palm nut stearine") is obtained : the liquid ... The edible variety of palm nut oil is, however, used for adulterating ..."

3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1911)
"The importation of copra and palm kernels for the production of coco-nut oil and palm- nut oil is also considerable, but in these two cases Great Britain ..."

4. A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1921)
"(/) palm-nut oil, from the kernels of ... oil and palm-nut oil differ considerably from the corresponding fats contained in the fruit flesh surrounding the ..."

5. A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1912)
"( / ) palm-nut oil, from the kernels of ... oil and palm-nut oil differ considerably from the corresponding fats contained in the fruit flesh surrounding ..."

6. A Narrative of the Expedition Sent by Her Majesty's Government to the River by William Allen, Thomas Richard Heywood Thomson (1848)
"... decease of any of the tribe—System of betrothal—Severe punishment for adultery—Mode of fishing— Land crabs—Native method of chanting—Palm-nut gatherers— ..."

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