| elaeis | (n) oil palms, Syn. genus Elaeis |
| Elaeis | ‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; olive tree. ] (Bot.) A genus of palms. [ 1913 Webster ] ☞ 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. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| 油椰子 | [あぶらやし;アブラヤシ, aburayashi ; aburayashi] (n) (uk) oil palm (esp. the African oil palm, Elaeis guineensis) [Add to Longdo] |