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Oil palms
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elaeis
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Elaeis \E*l[ae]"is\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? olive tree.] (Bot.) A genus of palms. Note: El[ae]is Guineensis, the African oil palm, is a tree twenty or thirty feet high, with immense pinnate leaves and large masses of fruit. The berries are rather larger than ...
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Elaeis is a genus of palms containing two species, called oil palms . They are used in commercial agriculture in the production of palm oil . The African oil palm Elaeis guineensis (the species name guineensis referring to its country of origin) is the ...