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

A prolonged dry season could weigh on palm oil production with a lag of 9-12 months, it reckons.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 19, 2026

However, prices may be limited amid ample vegetable oil stockpiles in major importing countries and weaker biodiesel demand economics, with gasoil prices falling below palm oil prices in the futures market, it adds.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 19, 2026

Find insight on crude palm oil, gold, Voestalpine and more in the latest Market Talks covering basic materials.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

Find insight on palm oil, Mineral Resources and more in the latest Market Talks covering Basic Materials.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026

Actually, he had it fairly well advanced when he met Amaranta Úrsula, except that it was not for Macondo but for the Belgian Congo, where his family had investments in palm oil.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez