oil palmn.

Brit.

/ˈɔɪl pɑːm/, U.S.

/ˈɔɪl ˌpɑ(l)m/, West African English /ˈɔjil ˌpam/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: oil n.¹, palm n.¹

Etymology: < oil n.¹ + palm n.¹

A palm tree that bears oil-yielding fruit or seed; spec. (a) (more fully African oil palm) Elaeis guineensis, the chief source of palm oil, native to West Africa but widely cultivated in tropical regions; (b) (more fully American oil palm) E. oleifera of tropical America.

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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > plant, nut, or bean yielding oil > [noun] > trees or shrubs yielding oil > tropical > oil-palms

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1731 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. I. at Palma The Oily Palm grows in great Plenty on the Coast of Guiney..: But these Trees have been transplanted to Jamaica and Barbadoes, in both which Places they thrive very well.]

1850 N. Amer. Rev. July 29 The forests contain every kind of timber,—mahogany, ebony, dye-woods, the oil-palm, &c.

1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. I. 443/2 Elæis guineensis, the African Oil Palm, which yields the celebrated palm oil, is a native of tropical Western Africa.

1907 W. G. Freeman & S. E. Chandler World's Commerc. Products 374 The well-known Oil Palm of the West Coast of Africa..furnishes two different oils.

1954 R. E. Holttum Plant Life Malaya vi. 81 Oil palms are the next most important oil crop [after coconut] in Malaya.

1974 G. Usher Dict. Plants used by Man 177/2 C[orozo] oleifera, (American Oil Palm, Corozo, Noli Palm).

1999 South China Morning Post (Hong Kong) 11 Oct. 9/1 A long-standing feud between an oil palm estate and local villagers over stray cattle.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	oil palm
释义	oil palmn. Brit. /ˈɔɪl pɑːm/, U.S. /ˈɔɪl ˌpɑ(l)m/, West African English /ˈɔjil ˌpam/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: oil n.¹, palm n.¹ Etymology: < oil n.¹ + palm n.¹ A palm tree that bears oil-yielding fruit or seed; spec. (a) (more fully African oil palm) Elaeis guineensis, the chief source of palm oil, native to West Africa but widely cultivated in tropical regions; (b) (more fully American oil palm) E. oleifera of tropical America. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > palm trees > [noun] > oil palms macaw1657 groo-groo1796 macaw fat1801 oil palm1850 macca-fat palm1873 babassu1876 oil-berry tree1878 macca1892 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > plant, nut, or bean yielding oil > [noun] > trees or shrubs yielding oil > tropical > oil-palms macaw1657 macaw fat1801 oil palm1850 macca-fat palm1873 babassu1876 oil-berry tree1878 1731 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. I. at Palma The Oily Palm grows in great Plenty on the Coast of Guiney..: But these Trees have been transplanted to Jamaica and Barbadoes, in both which Places they thrive very well.] 1850 N. Amer. Rev. July 29 The forests contain every kind of timber,—mahogany, ebony, dye-woods, the oil-palm, &c. 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. I. 443/2 Elæis guineensis, the African Oil Palm, which yields the celebrated palm oil, is a native of tropical Western Africa. 1907 W. G. Freeman & S. E. Chandler World's Commerc. Products 374 The well-known Oil Palm of the West Coast of Africa..furnishes two different oils. 1954 R. E. Holttum Plant Life Malaya vi. 81 Oil palms are the next most important oil crop [after coconut] in Malaya. 1974 G. Usher Dict. Plants used by Man 177/2 C[orozo] oleifera, (American Oil Palm, Corozo, Noli Palm). 1999 South China Morning Post (Hong Kong) 11 Oct. 9/1 A long-standing feud between an oil palm estate and local villagers over stray cattle. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1850
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