ELAEIS
E*læ"is, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Bot.)
Defn: A genus of palms.
Note: 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.
ELAEOLITE
E*læ"o*lite, n. Etym: [Gr. -lite.] (Min.)
Defn: A variety of hephelite, usually massive, of greasy luster, and gray to reddish color. Elæolite syenite, a kind of syenite characterized by the presence of elæolite.
ELAEOPTENE
E`læ*op"tene, n. Etym: [Gr. (Chem.)
Defn: The more liquid or volatile portion of certain oily substance, as distinguished from stearoptene, the more solid parts. [Written also elaoptene.]
ELAIDATE
E*la"i*date, n. (Chem.)
Defn: A salt of elaidic acid.
ELAIDIC
E`la*id"ic, a. Etym: [Cf. F. élaïdique. See Elaine.]