palm oil
noun
: an edible fat obtained from the flesh of the fruit of several palms and used especially in soap and lubricating greases
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Where to Eat in Salvador Central to food in Salvador are the flavors of Africa, like palm oil (dendê), coconut milk, and cassava.
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Kristin Braswell, Travel + Leisure, 29 June 2024
The employees of the palm oil plantation often use the term to insult Kéria and her family, who reject the company’s attempts to buy them off.
—Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Savor hopes to make similar progress in finding synthetic fat alternatives for palm oil and coconut oil—highly popular foods that ordinarily require deforestation to produce.
—Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 July 2024
The indictment also says that around that time, Maduro obtained $5 million from the drug trade and got involved in a money laundering operation involving the palm oil business.
—Antonio Maria Delgado, Miami Herald, 10 July 2024
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Kristin Braswell, Travel + Leisure, 29 June 2024
The employees of the palm oil plantation often use the term to insult Kéria and her family, who reject the company’s attempts to buy them off.
—Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Savor hopes to make similar progress in finding synthetic fat alternatives for palm oil and coconut oil—highly popular foods that ordinarily require deforestation to produce.
—Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 July 2024
The indictment also says that around that time, Maduro obtained $5 million from the drug trade and got involved in a money laundering operation involving the palm oil business.
—Antonio Maria Delgado, Miami Herald, 10 July 2024
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“Palm oil.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/palm%20oil. Accessed 20 Sep. 2024.
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