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oil palm

油棕榈,油棕,油棕树,油棕榈树

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : an African feather palm, Elaeis guineensis, the fruits of which yield palm oil.

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  • Over 20 percent of palm oil produced in 2020 received certification from the Roundtable for Sustainable Palm Oil, a nonprofit that includes oil palm producers and processors, consumer goods manufacturers, retailers, banks, and advocacy groups.

  • Today there are enough oil palm plantations worldwide to cover an area larger than the state of Kansas, and the industry is still growing.

  • Since oil palm is so productive, they contend, switching to other oil crops could cause even more harm because it would require more land to cultivate substitutes.

  • They had more success in Southeast Asia, where they created a new oil palm plantation industry.

  • Coffee, cocoa, sugar cane, oil palm, and soybean are the most climate-vulnerable imported products.

  • The State Department found that with high oil prices, the tar sands would be mined for oil, pipeline or no.

  • Pulling oil from the tar sands is costly, even more so when you tack transportation costs on top.

  • The focus here was on how fast oil would come out of the Canadian fields.

  • Total oil production figures include crude oil, natural gas liquids, and other liquid energy products.

  • On top of oil, the United States produces significantly more natural gas than Saudi Arabia.

  • In pursuing his alchemical researches, he discovered Prussian blue, and the animal oil which bears his name.

  • Tobacco at this period was also rolled up in the leaves of the Palm and smoked.

  • His strong hands lay palm downwards on the arms of his chair, pressing them hard.

  • In fact, on the palm a small drop of blood showed distinctly against the firm, pink flesh.

  • Movement to know that she was attired in appropriate costume—short frock, biped continuations and a mannish oil-skin hat.