资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

   {Oil gas}, inflammable gas procured from oil, and used for
      lighting streets, houses, etc.

   {Oil gland}.
   (a) (Zo["o]l.) A gland which secretes oil; especially in
       birds, the large gland at the base of the tail.
   (b) (Bot.) A gland, in some plants, producing oil.

   {Oil green}, a pale yellowish green, like oil.

   {Oil of brick}, empyreumatic oil obtained by subjecting a
      brick soaked in oil to distillation at a high temperature,
      -- used by lapidaries as a vehicle for the emery by which
      stones and gems are sawn or cut. --Brande & C.

   {Oil of talc}, a nostrum made of calcined talc, and famous in
      the 17th century as a cosmetic. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.

   {Oil of vitriol} (Chem.), strong sulphuric acid; -- so called
      from its oily consistency and from its forming the
      vitriols or sulphates.

   {Oil of wine}, [OE]nanthic ether. See under {[OE]nanthic}.

   {Oil painting}.
   (a) The art of painting in oil colors.
   (b) Any kind of painting of which the pigments are originally
       ground in oil.

   {Oil palm} (Bot.), a palm tree whose fruit furnishes oil,
      esp. {El[ae]is Guineensis}. See {El[ae]is}.

   {Oil sardine} (Zo["o]l.), an East Indian herring ({Clupea
      scombrina}), valued for its oil.

   {Oil shark} (Zo["o]l.)
   (a) The liver shark.
   (b) The tope.

   {Oil still}, a still for hydrocarbons, esp. for petroleum.

   {Oil test}, a test for determining the temperature at which
      petroleum oils give off vapor which is liable to explode.
      

   {Oil tree}. (Bot.)
   (a) A plant of the genus {Ricinus} ({R. communis}), from the
       seeds of which castor oil is obtained.
   (b) An Indian tree, the mahwa. See {Mahwa}.
   (c) The oil palm.

   {To burn the midnight oil}, to study or work late at night.
      

   {Volatle oils}. See {Essential oils}, under {Essential}.

Palm \Palm\, n. [AS. palm, L. palma; -- so named fr. the leaf
   resembling a hand. See lst {Palm}, and cf. {Pam}.]
   1. (Bot.) Any endogenous tree of the order {Palm[ae]} or
      {Palmace[ae]}; a palm tree.

   Note: Palms are perennial woody plants, often of majestic
         size. The trunk is usually erect and rarely branched,
         and has a roughened exterior composed of the persistent
         bases of the leaf stalks. The leaves are borne in a
         terminal crown, and are supported on stout, sheathing,
         often prickly, petioles. They are usually of great
         size, and are either pinnately or palmately many-cleft.
         There are about one thousand species known, nearly all
         of them growing in tropical or semitropical regions.
         The wood, petioles, leaves, sap, and fruit of many
         species are invaluable in the arts and in domestic
         economy. Among the best known are the date palm, the
         cocoa palm, the fan palm, the oil palm, the wax palm,
         the palmyra, and the various kinds called cabbage palm
         and palmetto.

   2. A branch or leaf of the palm, anciently borne or worn as a
      symbol of victory or rejoicing.

            A great multitude . . . stood before the throne, and
            before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palme
            in their hands.                       --Rev. vii. 9.

   3. Hence: Any symbol or token of superiority, success, or
      triumph; also, victory; triumph; supremacy. ``The palm of
      martyrdom.'' --Chaucer.

            So get the start of the majestic world And bear the
            palm alone.                           --Shak.

   {Molucca palm} (Bot.), a labiate herb from Asia ({Molucella
      l[ae]vis}), having a curious cup-shaped calyx.

   {Palm cabbage}, the terminal bud of a cabbage palm, used as
      food.

   {Palm cat} (Zo["o]l.), the common paradoxure.

   {Palm crab} (Zo["o]l.), the purse crab.

   {Palm oil}, a vegetable oil, obtained from the fruit of
      several species of palms, as the African oil palm
      ({El[ae]is Guineensis}), and used in the manufacture of
      soap and candles. See {El[ae]is}.

   {Palm swift} (Zo["o]l.), a small swift ({Cypselus
      Batassiensis}) which frequents the palmyra and cocoanut
      palms in India. Its peculiar nest is attached to the leaf
      of the palmyra palm.

   {Palm toddy}. Same as {Palm wine}.

   {Palm weevil} (Zo["o]l.), any one of mumerous species of very
      large weevils of the genus {Rhynchophorus}. The larv[ae]
      bore into palm trees, and are called {palm borers}, and
      {grugru worms}. They are considered excellent food.

   {Palm wine}, the sap of several species of palms, especially,
      in India, of the wild date palm ({Ph[oe]nix sylvestrix}),
      the palmyra, and the {Caryota urens}. When fermented it
      yields by distillation arrack, and by evaporation jaggery.
      Called also {palm toddy}.

   {Palm worm}, or {Palmworm}. (Zo["o]l.)
      (a) The larva of a palm weevil.
      (b) A centipede.

资料来源 : WordNet®

Elaeis guineensis
     n : oil palm of Africa [syn: {African oil palm}]