OIL PALM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does oil palm mean? 

• OIL PALM (noun)
  The noun OIL PALM has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: OIL PALM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OIL PALM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("oil palm" is a kind of...):

feather palm (palm having pinnate or featherlike leaves)

Meronyms (parts of "oil palm"):

palm kernel; palm nut (seed of any oil palm)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "oil palm"):

African oil palm; Elaeis guineensis (oil palm of Africa)

American oil palm; Elaeis oleifera (palm of Central and South America)

Holonyms ("oil palm" is a member of...):

Elaeis; genus Elaeis (oil palms)

 Context examples 

We should satisfy demand for vegetable oil with profitable production systems, preserve habitats of conservation importance, and mitigate the negative effects of oil palm plantations on the environment.

(Greener palm oil possible without sacrificing profit, SciDev.Net)

The edible oil extracted from the pulp of the oil palm fruit.

(Palm Oil, NCI Thesaurus)

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

(Palm Kernel Oil, NCI Thesaurus)