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

Etymology

Origin of palm oil

First recorded in 1620–30

Example Sentences

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palm oil

Find insight on Nippon Paint Holdings, AkzoNobel, palm oil and more in the latest Market Talks covering basic materials.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026

Vegetable oil prices rose 3.8% compared to May amid concern around the supply outlook for palm oil in Indonesia.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 3, 2026

Both sugar and Indonesian palm oil are among the commodities threatened by what meteorologists expect to be an especially strong El Nino, which could bring drought and disrupt rainfall patterns across key farming regions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 3, 2026

Weather-related production risks have historically led to firmer palm oil prices as markets price in tighter supply, it says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026

She was pouring bright reddish-orange palm oil into a pot.

From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie