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oil palm
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oil palm
n.
1. A tall palm tree (Elaeis guineensis) native to tropical Africa, having nutlike fruits that yield a commercially valuable oil. Also called African oil palm.
2. Any of several palms that yield oil.
oil palm
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) a tropical African palm tree, Elaeis guineensis, the fruits of which yield palm oil
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Noun1.oil palm - pinnate-leaved palms of the genus Elaeis having dense clusters of crowded flowers and bright red fruit and yielding high quality palm oilsoil palm - pinnate-leaved palms of the genus Elaeis having dense clusters of crowded flowers and bright red fruit and yielding high quality palm oils
feather palm - palm having pinnate or featherlike leaves
Elaeis, genus Elaeis - oil palms
African oil palm, Elaeis guineensis - oil palm of Africa
American oil palm, Elaeis oleifera - palm of Central and South America
palm kernel, palm nut - seed of any oil palm
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But some biofuels -- produced for example from oil palms grown in deforested tropical peatlands -- can be responsible for a rise in greenhouse gas emissions of up to 2,000 percent compared with fossil fuels, as a result of carbon releases from the soil.
UN cautions over biofuels green credentials by AFP / AFP Global Edition
Two other forest reserves, Kulamba and Tabin, now need to be linked to the sanctuary, but the gaps between them are so heavily planted with oil palms that buying small segments of land will not do.
Palm-oil plan may save the world's last orangutans by Asian News International
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Once planted, oil palms can produce fruit for more than 30 years, yielding more oil per hectare than any major oilseed crop.
Palm oil by Block, Ben / World Watch
 
 
 
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