palm oil

American  

noun

• palm oils
  plural

1. a yellow butterlike oil derived from the fruit of the oil palm and used as an edible fat and for making soap, candles, etc.

2. oil obtained from various species of palm.

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palm oil British  

noun

1. a yellow butter-like oil obtained from the fruit of the oil palm, used as an edible fat and in soap

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• palm oils
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of palm oil

First recorded in 1620–30

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Example Sentences

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palm oil

Indonesian authorities were investigating on Tuesday after a car-sized piece of what a government agency said was a Chinese space rocket crashed into a palm oil plantation near homes and work sites.

From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2026

"This phenomenon is one possible explanation for the discovery of a large metal fragment in a palm oil plantation in Sampit," he said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2026

This includes First Resources, a Singapore-based palm oil company.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

Higher crude oil prices could also boost palm oil demand for biodiesel, while Indonesia’s B50 biodiesel mandate is expected to provide additional structural support, he adds.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

Thick white smoke from the bleaching palm oil filled the kitchen, and in the stuffy mix of the fumes and heat and flies, I felt faint.

From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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