| elaeis | <botany> A genus of palms. Elaeis 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. Origin: NL, fr. Gr. Olive tree. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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