elaeis guineensis

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   oil palm of Africa

   SynonymsAfrican oil palm

   Broaderoil palm

Questions about elaeis guineensis

What does elaeis guineensis mean?

elaeis guineensis means "oil palm of Africa".

What is another word for elaeis guineensis?

Close synonyms include African oil palm. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is elaeis guineensis a common word?

elaeis guineensis is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.