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palm kernel

palm kernel noun: the kernel of a palm.

Noun

palm kernel (plural palm kernels)

  1. The kernel of a palm.
    • As it still stands in the Main Centennial Building that exhibition is of great interest, including in its display such valuable native products as coffee, palm oil, palm kernels, indigo, cocoa, ivory, iron ore, sugar, palm soap, palm-kernel oil, arrowroot, ginger, cam wood, hard wood and Liberian...1879 September 22, “Light from Liberia. A Bright Spot upon a Dark Country […]”, in The Times, number 1469, Philadelphia, Pa., →OCLC, page [4], column 3
    • Michael's father, Ambrose Agoh, said they had eaten palm kernels to survive.1970 January 24, Anthony Lewis, “North Biafra: A Land of Unimagined Devastation and Suffering”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the...

Forms of palm kernel

pluralpalm kernels
alternative formpalm-kernel
alternative formpalmkernel

Words formed from palm kernel

Questions about palm kernel

What does palm kernel mean?
Palm kernel means the kernel of a palm.
What part of speech is palm kernel?
Palm kernel is a noun.
What is the plural of palm kernel?
The plural of palm kernel is palm kernels.

Words near palm kernel in the dictionary

  1. palm grass
  2. Palm Grove
  3. Palm Harbor
  4. Palm Island
  5. Palm Island mystery disease
  6. palm kernel
  7. palm kernel oil
  8. palm kernel oils
  9. palm kernels
  10. palm king
  11. palm kings

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