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Pronunciation : E*l?"is
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [NL., fr. Gr. (Bot.)
Definition : Defn: A genus of palms.

Note: El?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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913