Genus Elaeis (Noun)
Meaning
Oil palms.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- The genus Elaeis includes two main species of oil palms: Elaeis guineensis and Elaeis oleifera.
- Oil palms, belonging to the genus Elaeis, are the most productive source of vegetable oil.
- Elaeis guineensis and Elaeis oleifera, both members of the genus Elaeis, are commercially grown oil palm species.
- The genus Elaeis was first described by Jacquin in 1763, with the African oil palm as its type species.
- Most commercial oil palm plantations cultivate the Elaeis guineensis species of the genus Elaeis.