palm oil
noun
a yellow butterlike oil derived from the fruit of the oil palm and used as an edible fat and for making soap, candles, etc.
palm oils
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pluralof palm oil.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Most home cooks in the United States. use other oils, but palm oils are a staple in African and Asian kitchens.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 21, 2022
And saturated fats — found mostly in meat and dairy products, and in coconut and palm oils — raise blood levels of L.D.L., or “bad” cholesterol, also risk factor for heart disease.
From New York Times ● Feb. 7, 2011
Liberated North and West Africa are rich in palm oils, some foodstuffs, but short of cloth and other manufactured goods.
From Time Magazine Archive
In addition to slave trading, there was considerable dealing in ivory, palm oils, and other African products.
From The Land of the Kangaroo Adventures of Two Youths in a Journey through the Great Island Continent by Thomas Wallace Knox
