oil palm
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of oil palm
First recorded in 1715–25
Example Sentences
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A long-running experiment led by Göttingen University, Germany, and including the IPB University, Bogor and Jambi University in Indonesia, has investigated how ecological restoration promotes biodiversity recovery in oil palm plantations in Sumatra.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 18, 2024
The international research team established 52 tree islands of varying sizes and diversity of planted trees in a conventional industrial oil palm plantation in Sumatra, Indonesia.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 18, 2024
In Indonesian Borneo, or Kalimantan, oil palm plantations threaten durian diversity by leaving less room for diverse species of durian to be cultivated.
From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2024
In the 2010s there was gargantuan oil palm, timber and large-scale plantation expansion across Indonesia.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 28, 2024
Some hang out under humongous oil palm trees.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
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