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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:

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)

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