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  • They were seriously impractical for cooking a dish that involves the staining red palm oil known as dende, but suitable for honoring the father of all orixas.

    My New Orleans Rosemary James 2006

  • They were seriously impractical for cooking a dish that involves the staining red palm oil known as dende, but suitable for honoring the father of all orixas.

    My New Orleans Rosemary James 2006

  • What makes it different from all other chicken-in-the-pot recipes is the addition of ground dried shrimp and the use of hot spices and "dende" oil.

    Rio De Janeiro 2007

  • A large fritter made from a batter of dried beans and dried shrimp, deep-fried in boiling "dende" oil, the yellowish palm oil indispensable to northern cooking.

    Rio De Janeiro 2007

  • Subio a los cie los, y esta asentado ala diestra de dios padre todo poderoso, dende uerna ajuzgar alos uiuos y alos muertos.

    Doctrina Christiana The first book printed in the Philippines, Manila, 1593. Anonymous 1951

  • Charley; then slipping near our friend, he whispered to him -- "but de best of we lob bit of fon now and dende best of we lef to himshef sometime."

    Tom Cringle's Log Michael Scott 1812

  • Así sus hijos están estudiando es que esta es precisamente una de sus metas ayudarlos a que terminen completamente sus estudios; otro de sus sueños es adquirir su casa propia, porque viven dende los suegros y mas adelante desea realizar estudios profesionales de belleza.

    Kiva Loans 2010

  • [154] Not in Isham copy or ed.A. [155] Old eds. "dende."

    The Works of Christopher Marlowe, Vol. 3 (of 3) Christopher Marlowe 1578

  • Eh lokaan te assi chhad dayeeye kinoon maan nein dende Peeraan daa

    Kafila 2009

  • Agriculture industry analysts say they expect huge increases in the cultivation of castor beans, dende palm coconuts, sunflower seeds, cottonseeds and soybeans.

    Energy News - Energy Technology - Energy Business - Energy and the Environment 2009

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  • Brazil's dende (dendê) palm is used chiefly for palm oil, but the small coconuts (along with the related piasava and pati nuts) are used to make jewellery, too.

    December 22, 2008