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Meaning of palm oil | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

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

العربية زَيْت النَّخْلِ
Dansk palmeolie
Deutsch Palmöl
Ελληνικά φοινικέλαιο
Español aceite de palma
Suomi palmuöljy
Français huile de palme
Gaeilge ola phailme
Galego aceite de palma
Bahasa Indonesia minyak sawit
Italiano olio di palma
日本語 パーム油
한국어 팜유
Bahasa Melayu minyak kelapa sawit
မြန်မာဘာသာ စားအုန်းဆီ
Nederlands palmolie
Polski olej palmowy
Português azeite de dendê óleo de palma
Română ulei de palmier
Русский па́льмовое ма́сло
Svenska palmolja
Kiswahili mawese

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.”

CEFR level

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

palm print palm reader palm reading Palm Springs palm squirrel palm stearin

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