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OIL PALM
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I. (noun)
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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:
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)
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