palm oil
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Etymology edit
In the sense of a bribe, the phrase is a punning reference to the palm of the hand.
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palm oil (countable and uncountable, plural palm oils)
- An edible plant oil derived from the mesocarp (reddish pulp) of the fruit of the oil palm (Elaeis guineensis).
- Hyponym: palm fat
- 2013 June 29, “Unspontaneous combustion”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8842, page 29:
- Since the mid-1980s, when Indonesia first began to clear its bountiful forests on an industrial scale in favour of lucrative palm-oil plantations, “haze” has become an almost annual occurrence in South-East Asia.
- (slang) Money given as a bribe.
Usage notes edit
The oil palm tree also yields a different type of oil from its kernel. This is known as palm kernel oil.
Translations edit
edible plant oil
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