elaeis Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun oil palms
    genus Elaeis.

WordNet

E*læ"is noun (Also<
  • Elaeis
  • Elæis
)
Etymology
NL., fr. Gr. olive tree.
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) A genus of palms. ✍ Elæis 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 rather larger than olives, and when boiled in water yield the orange-red palm oil.

Webster 1913