Palm butter
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Palm butter can refer to:
  • Palm butter, a rendering of oil palm
    Oil palm
    The oil palms comprise two species of the Arecaceae, or palm family. They are used in commercial agriculture in the production of palm oil. The African Oil Palm Elaeis guineensis is native to West Africa, occurring between Angola and Gambia, while the American Oil Palm Elaeis oleifera is native to...

     fruit used for food and cosmetic purposes
  • Palm butter, another name for Moambe or Nyembwe, a western Middle African sauce also made of oil palm fruit
  • A spread made of palm oil
    Palm oil
    Palm oil, coconut oil and palm kernel oil are edible plant oils derived from the fruits of palm trees. Palm oil is extracted from the pulp of the fruit of the oil palm Elaeis guineensis; palm kernel oil is derived from the kernel of the oil palm and coconut oil is derived from the kernel of the...

     designed to imitate dairy butter
    Butter
    Butter is a dairy product made by churning fresh or fermented cream or milk. It is generally used as a spread and a condiment, as well as in cooking applications, such as baking, sauce making, and pan frying...

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