- genus Elaeis
- nounoil palms• Syn: ↑Elaeis• Hypernyms: ↑monocot genus, ↑liliopsid genus• Member Holonyms:• Member Meronyms: ↑oil palm
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genus Elaeis
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Elaeis — Ölpalmen Ölpalme (Elaeis guineensis) Systematik Abteilung: Bedecktsamer (Magnoliophyta) … Deutsch Wikipedia
Elaeis — noun oil palms • Syn: ↑genus Elaeis • Hypernyms: ↑monocot genus, ↑liliopsid genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Palmae, ↑family Palmae, ↑Palmaceae, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Elaeis — ID 29374 Symbol Key ELAEI Common Name oil palm Family Arecaceae Category Monocot Division Magnoliophyta US Nativity N/A US/NA Plant Yes State Distribution FL Growth Habit N/A Durat … USDA Plant Characteristics
Elaeis guineensis — ID 29375 Symbol Key ELGU Common Name African oil palm Family Arecaceae Category Monocot Division Magnoliophyta US Nativity Introduced to U.S. US/NA Plant Yes State Distribution FL Growth Habit Tree Duration … USDA Plant Characteristics
Elaeis oleifera — ID 29376 Symbol Key ELOL2 Common Name American oil palm Family Arecaceae Category Monocot Division Magnoliophyta US Nativity Cultivated, or not in the U.S. US/NA Plant Yes State Distribution N/A Growth Habit N/A … USDA Plant Characteristics
Elaeis — E*l[ae] is, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? olive tree.] (Bot.) A genus of palms. [1913 Webster] Note: El[ae]is Guineensis, the African oil palm, is a tree twenty or thirty feet high, with immense pinnate leaves and large masses of fruit. The berries are… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Elaeis Guineensis — Oil Oil (oil), n. [OE. oile, OF. oile, F. huile, fr. L. oleum; akin to Gr. ?. Cf. {Olive}.] Any one of a great variety of unctuous combustible substances, more viscous than and not miscible with water; as, olive oil, whale oil, rock oil, etc.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Elaeis Guineensis — Palm Palm, n. [AS. palm, L. palma; so named fr. the leaf resembling a hand. See 1st {Palm}, and cf. {Pam}.] [1913 Webster] 1. (Bot.) Any endogenous tree of the order {Palm[ae]} or {Palmace[ae]}; a palm tree. [1913 Webster] Note: Palms are… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Elaeis Guineensis — Jacq. Oil Palm (E); Palma african (P); Uruta (Ch). The hard, scarcely edible fruits are a good source of oil, which is used in Darien for cooking and hair dressings. Elsewhere, after the oil is extracted, the dried fibers are used for tinder and… … EthnoBotanical Dictionary
liliopsid genus — noun genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed • Syn: ↑monocot genus • Hypernyms: ↑genus • Hyponyms: ↑liliid monocot genus, ↑Juncus, ↑genus Juncus, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
