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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 oilsplay

    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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