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Palm oil
noun, slang
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Noun
- 1 An edible plant oil derived from the mesocarp (reddish pulp) of the fruit of the oil palm (Elaeis guineensis). countable, uncountable
"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."
- 2 oil from nuts of oil palms especially the African oil palm wordnet
- 3 Money given as a bribe. countable, slang, uncountable
Etymology
In the sense of a bribe, the phrase is a punning reference to the palm of the hand and also to oil as lubricant rather than foodstuff.
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