Found 2 items, similar to Elaeis.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: Elaeis Elaeis n : oil palms [syn: genus Elaeis]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Elaeis Elaeis \E*l[ae]"is\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? olive tree.] (Bot.) A genus of palms. [1913 Webster] Note: El[ae]is Guineensis, the African oil palm, is a tree twenty or thirty feet high, with immense pinnate leaves and large masses of fruit. The berries are rather larger than olives, and when boiled in water yield the orange-red palm oil. [1913 Webster]