oil palm

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oil palm

noun oil palms

  1. A plant of species Elaeis guineensis, principal source of palm oil and palm kernel oil. We […] could see a chain of islands in the distance ahead of us: the tall oil palm trees were like flags waving us in.

    Similar: African oil palm, macaw fat

  2. Any species of palm which can usefully produce palm oil.

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noun tree that produces palm oil

Españolpalma aceitera
한국어기름 야자 gireum yaja
日本語アブラヤシ aburayashi, 油椰子 aburayashi
中文油棕櫚 /油棕榈 yóuzōnglǘ, 油椰子 yóuyézi
Kiswahilimchikichi
Portuguêspalmeira-de-óleo, dendê, dendém, dendezeiro
Françaispalmier à huile
DeutschÖlpalme
Italianopalma da olio
Ελληνικάααβόρα aavóra
Русскийма́сличная па́льма másličnaja pálʹma

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@misc{oil_palm_2026,
  title = {oil palm},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/oil%20palm},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}