palm oil

/pɑ(l)m ɔɪl/
/pɔlm ɔɪl/
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Other forms: palm oils

Definitions of palm oil
  1. noun
    oil from nuts of oil palms especially the African oil palm
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    type of:
    oil, vegetable oil
    any of a group of liquid edible fats that are obtained from plants
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