Phrase guide

oil palm

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A plant of species Elaeis guineensis, principal source of palm oil and palm kernel oil.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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2

noun

Meaning 2

Any species of palm which can usefully produce palm oil.

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noun

Meaning 3

pinnate-leaved palms of the genus Elaeis having dense clusters of crowded flowers and bright red fruit and yielding high quality palm oils

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: feather palm

Narrower terms: African oil palm, Elaeis guineensis, American oil palm, Elaeis oleifera

History

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Across languages

Translations

40 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: palmera d'oli — tree that produces palm oil
  • Chinese Mandarin: 油棕櫚 /油棕榈 (yóuzōnglǘ) — tree that produces palm oil
  • Chinese Mandarin: 油椰子 (yóuyézi) — tree that produces palm oil
  • Czech: palma olejná — tree that produces palm oil
  • Danish: oliepalme — tree that produces palm oil
  • Dutch: oliepalm — tree that produces palm oil
  • Estonian: õlipalm — tree that produces palm oil
  • Finnish: öljypalmu — tree that produces palm oil
  • French: palmier à huile — tree that produces palm oil
  • German: Ölpalme — tree that produces palm oil
  • Greek: ααβόρα (aavóra) — tree that produces palm oil
  • Haitian Creole: glouglou — tree that produces palm oil
  • Hungarian: olajpálma — tree that produces palm oil
  • Igbo: nkwụ — tree that produces palm oil
  • Indonesian: kelapa sawit — tree that produces palm oil
  • Irish: pailm ola — tree that produces palm oil
  • Italian: palma da olio — tree that produces palm oil
  • Japanese: アブラヤシ (aburayashi) — tree that produces palm oil
  • Japanese: 油椰子 (aburayashi) — tree that produces palm oil
  • Korean: 기름 야자 (gireum yaja) — tree that produces palm oil
  • Lingala: mbíla — tree that produces palm oil
  • Nkonya: ɔbɛ — tree that produces palm oil
  • Norwegian: oljepalme — tree that produces palm oil
  • Nupe: yikunnuci — tree that produces palm oil
  • Nyole (Uganda): ehihindu — tree that produces palm oil
  • Polish: palma olejowa — tree that produces palm oil
  • Portuguese: palmeira-de-óleo — tree that produces palm oil
  • Portuguese: dendê — tree that produces palm oil
  • Portuguese: dendém — tree that produces palm oil
  • Portuguese: dendezeiro — tree that produces palm oil
  • Russian: ма́сличная па́льма (másličnaja pálʹma) — tree that produces palm oil
  • Serbo-Croatian: палма уљарица — tree that produces palm oil
  • Serbo-Croatian: palma uljarica — tree that produces palm oil
  • Slovak: palma olejná — tree that produces palm oil
  • Spanish: palma aceitera — tree that produces palm oil
  • Sranan Tongo: obe — tree that produces palm oil
  • Sranan Tongo: maripa — tree that produces palm oil
  • Swahili: mchikichi — tree that produces palm oil
  • Swedish: oljepalm — tree that produces palm oil
  • Yoruba: ọ̀pẹ — tree that produces palm oil