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  • 11Cocoa palm — Cocoa Co coa (k[=o] k[ o]), n., Cocoa palm Co coa palm (k[=o] k[ o] p[aum]m )[Sp. & Pg. coco cocoanut, in Sp. also, cocoa palm. The Portuguese name is said to have been given from the monkeylike face at the base of the nut, fr. Pg. coco a bugbear …

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  • 12Oil palm — Oil Oil (oil), n. [OE. oile, OF. oile, F. huile, fr. L. oleum; akin to Gr. ?. Cf. {Olive}.] Any one of a great variety of unctuous combustible substances, more viscous than and not miscible with water; as, olive oil, whale oil, rock oil, etc.… …

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  • 13Neanthe bella palm — noun Neanthe bella palm, or parlour palm (), a rare small seed producing palm tree …

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  • 14doum palm — [du:m] noun an Egyptian palm tree producing edible fruit and a vegetable ivory substitute. [Hyphaene thebaica.] Origin C18: from Arab. dawm, dūm …

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  • 15Africa — /af ri keuh/, n. 1. a continent S of Europe and between the Atlantic and Indian oceans. 551,000,000; ab. 11,700,000 sq. mi. (30,303,000 sq. km). adj. 2. African. * * * I Second largest continent on Earth. It is bounded by the Mediterranean Sea,… …

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  • 16Phoenix reclinata — taxobox name = Senegal Date Palm regnum = Plantae unranked divisio = Angiosperms unranked classis = Monocots unranked ordo = Commelinids ordo = Arecales familia = Arecaceae genus = Phoenix species = P. reclinata binomial = Phoenix reclinata… …

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  • 17Faranah — ▪ Guinea       town, central Guinea, western Africa. The town is located on the Niger River and was founded in the 1890s as a French outpost in the campaign against Samory Touré, the Malinke warrior leader. It is connected by road with Dabola and …

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  • 18palmy — a. 1. Palm producing, palmiferous. 2. Prosperous, fortunate, flourishing, victorious, glorious, thriving, happy, joyous, halcyon, golden, Saturnian, worthy of the palm …

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  • 19palmatine — ˈpalməˌtēn, ˈpäm noun ( s) Etymology: New Latin Jatrorrhiza palmata plant producing calumba + English ine : an alkaloid C21H23NO5 that occurs especially in calumba and is related in structure to berberine …

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  • 20Biodiesel around the world — This page describes the use and availability of biodiesel in various countries around the world.AustraliaThe Fuel Standard (Biodiesel) Determination 2003 was signed by the Minister for the Environment and Heritage on 18 September 2006. The… …

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