oil palm
noun
: an African pinnate-leaved palm (Elaeis guineensis) cultivated for its clustered fruit whose flesh and seeds yield oil
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Between the towns there are rice fields, limestone outcroppings, and repeat patterns of oil palms that stretch as far as the eye can see.
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Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 May 2024
Macaques bash open oil palm nuts by placing them on a flat stone and striking their shell with another stone.
—Zach Zorich, Scientific American, 10 Mar. 2023
But environmental benefits accrue only if existing cropland is converted to oil palms.
—Patricia Cohen Jes Aznar, New York Times, 14 Mar. 2024
It's all been converted into oil palm, but I was not allowed to say it on camera.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 21 Apr. 2023
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Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 May 2024
Macaques bash open oil palm nuts by placing them on a flat stone and striking their shell with another stone.
—Zach Zorich, Scientific American, 10 Mar. 2023
But environmental benefits accrue only if existing cropland is converted to oil palms.
—Patricia Cohen Jes Aznar, New York Times, 14 Mar. 2024
It's all been converted into oil palm, but I was not allowed to say it on camera.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 21 Apr. 2023
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“Oil palm.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/oil%20palm. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.
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