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Meaning of oil palm | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. A plant of species Elaeis guineensis, principal source of palm oil and palm kernel oil.
  2. Any species of palm which can usefully produce palm oil.

Equivalents

Deutsch Ölpalme
Español palma aceitera
Suomi öljypalmu
Français palmier à huile
Gaeilge pailm ola
Bahasa Indonesia kelapa sawit sawit
Igbo nkwụ
Italiano palma da olio
日本語 アブラヤシ
한국어 기름 야자 기름야자
Lingála mbíla
Nederlands oliepalm
Português dendê dendém dendezeiro palmeira-de-óleo
Русский ма́сличная па́льма
Svenska oljepalm
Kiswahili mchikichi
Yorùbá ọpẹ

Examples

“We […] could see⟳ a chain of islands in the distance ahead of us: the tall oil palm trees were like⟳ flags waving us in.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

oil pan oil pipeline oil platform oil pull oil pulling oil radish

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