Elaeis \E*l[ae]"is\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? olive tree.]

(Bot.) A genus of palms.

Note: El[ae]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 Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)