palm oil

Definitions

1. An edible plant oil derived from the mesocarp (reddish pulp) of the fruit of the oil palm (Elaeis guineensis).
   countable, uncountable
2. Money given as a bribe.
   countable, slang, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“Since the mid-1980s, when Indonesia first began to clear its bountiful forests on an industrial scale in favour of lucrative palm-oil plantations, “haze” has become⟳ an almost annual occurrence in South-East Asia.”

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