ELAEIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Elaeis mean? 

• ELAEIS (noun)
  The noun ELAEIS has 1 sense:

1. oil palms

  Familiarity information: ELAEIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ELAEIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Oil palms

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Elaeis; genus Elaeis

Hypernyms ("Elaeis" is a kind of...):

liliopsid genus; monocot genus (genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed)

Meronyms (members of "Elaeis"):

oil palm (pinnate-leaved palms of the genus Elaeis having dense clusters of crowded flowers and bright red fruit and yielding high quality palm oils)

Holonyms ("Elaeis" is a member of...):

Arecaceae; family Arecaceae; family Palmaceae; family Palmae; palm family; Palmaceae; Palmae (chiefly tropical trees and shrubs and vines usually having a tall columnar trunk bearing a crown of very large leaves; coextensive with the order Palmales)

 Context examples 

The edible oil extracted from the kernels of the oil palm, Elaeis guineensis.

(Palm Kernel Oil, NCI Thesaurus)