Meaning of ELAEIS
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| | Definition: | | [n] oil palms |
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| | Synonyms: | | genus Elaeis |
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| | See Also: | | Arecaceae, family Arecaceae, family Palmaceae, family Palmae, liliopsid genus, monocot genus, oil palm, palm family, Palmaceae, Palmae | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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 olives, and when boiled in water yield the
orange-red palm oil.
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