English > genus Elaeis: 1 sense > noun 1, plantMeaning | oil palms. |
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Synonym | Elaeis |
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Member of | Palmae, family Palmae, Palmaceae, family Palmaceae, Arecaceae, family Arecaceae, palm family | chiefly tropical trees and shrubs and vines usually having a tall columnar trunk bearing a crown of very large leaves |
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Members | oil palm | pinnate-leaved palms of the genus Elaeis having dense clusters of crowded flowers and bright red fruit and yielding high quality palm oils |
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Broader | monocot genus, liliopsid genus | genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed |
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Spanish | elaeis, género elaeis, genus elaeis |
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Catalan | elaeis, genus elaeis, Palmera d'oli |
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