PALM OIL

Dictionary of Science, Literature and Art · 1854 · p. 23

An article imported from the west coast of Africa: it is solid, and of a reddish-yellow colour. It is used in the manufacture of soap: candles have been made of its stearine, and it is sometimes burned in lamps, and I made into ointments. It is chiefly the produce of the Ela- ' tut Guineensis. PALM, ORDER OF THE FRUITFUL A society 3 K [s. 895]