Read the following text. Find words or phrasesthe passage which mean the same as:
Of the world’s 2,500 – plus species of palm trees, the Palmyra palm is the
most important to man, next to cocunat palm, because it yields food and
provides over one hundred different useful end-products. To obtain the
majority of its benefits, the Palmyra needs to be climed twice daily to extract
the nutritious juice from its flower-bunches. It is this juice converted by
several different methods, that is the basis for a wide variety of other
products. Collecting this juice, however, is arduous-and often dangerouswork, fort he trees can top 30 metres in height.

a) more than
b) produce naturally
c) final results after treatment or processing
d) get
e) more than half of the total; most
f) something good or useful
g) get something from or out of something
else
h) having high value as food, e.g. containing
vitamins, etc.
i) change (in form, etc.)
j) tiring; involving a lot of energy and effort
k) be taller, higher or more than

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