elæis

CIDE DICTIONARY

elæis, n. [NL., fr. Gr. olive tree.].

 A genus of palms.  [1913 Webster]
" Elæis 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."  [1913 Webster]