genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed

種子に胚葉（胚の葉）が一枚だけの開花植物の属

pinnate-leaved palms of the genus Elaeis having dense clusters of crowded flowers and bright red fruit and yielding high quality palm oils

エライス属の羽状葉を持つヤシで、密集した花の房や赤い実をつけ、高品質のパーム油を生成する

chiefly tropical trees and shrubs and vines usually having a tall columnar trunk bearing a crown of very large leaves; coextensive with the order Palmales

主に熱帯の樹木や低木、つる植物で、通常は高い円柱状の幹と非常に大きな葉の冠を持つ。ヤシ目に属する。