dendezeiro
Portuguese, noun
dendezeiro is spelled D-E-N-D-E-Z-E-I-R-O (10 letters). Dendezeiro is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “oil palm (Elaeis guineensis, a palm tree native to west and southwest Africa)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, dendêzeiro is a different word: “pre-reform spelling (used until 1971 in Brazil and 1973 in Portugal)…”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “espécie de palmeira, seu nome científico é Elaeis guineensis”.
What does dendezeiro mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineoil palm (Elaeis guineensis, a palm tree native to west and southwest Africa)
noun
- 1
masculinepre-reform spelling (used until 1971 in Brazil and 1973 in Portugal) of dendezeiro
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. espécie de palmeira, seu nome científico é Elaeis guineensis
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of dendezeiro
- dendezeiros plural
- dendêzeiro alternative
- dendêzeiros plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).