oil palm
noun
: an African pinnate-leaved palm (Elaeis guineensis) cultivated for its clustered fruit whose flesh and seeds yield oil
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Swathes of the world’s forests, including many that are ancient and endangered, have been transformed into grassland to raise livestock or grow cocoa, coffee, oil palm, rubber and soy.
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Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 24 Sep. 2025
The organization also fights in court, including a lawsuit against an oil palm company that resulted in a $26 million fine.
—Eduardo Garcia, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Two-thirds of Wilmar’s oil palm plantations are in Indonesia.
—Lionel Lim, Fortune, 18 June 2025
Farmers here have long tended rice paddies but many switched to more lucrative oil palm trees in 2017.
—Sara Miller Llana, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 Mar. 2025
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Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 24 Sep. 2025
The organization also fights in court, including a lawsuit against an oil palm company that resulted in a $26 million fine.
—Eduardo Garcia, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Two-thirds of Wilmar’s oil palm plantations are in Indonesia.
—Lionel Lim, Fortune, 18 June 2025
Farmers here have long tended rice paddies but many switched to more lucrative oil palm trees in 2017.
—Sara Miller Llana, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for oil palm
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“Oil palm.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/oil%20palm. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.
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