ELAEIS

Elaeis, genus Elaeis

(noun) oil palms

Source: WordNet® 3.1


E*læ"is, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Bot.)

Definition: A genus of palms.

Note: Elæis 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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