elaeis oleifera

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   palm of Central and South America

   SynonymsAmerican oil palm

   Broaderoil palm

Questions about elaeis oleifera

What does elaeis oleifera mean?

elaeis oleifera means "palm of Central and South America".

What is another word for elaeis oleifera?

Close synonyms include American 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 oleifera a common word?

elaeis oleifera 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.