Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The seed of the Ricinus communis, or castor-oil plant; castor-bean.
- noun The seed of Guizotia Abyssinica, a composite plant cultivated in India and Abyssinia on account of its oily seeds.
- noun The plant gold-of-pleasure, Camelina sativa. Sometimes called
Siberian oil-seed .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Seed from which oil is expressed, as the castor bean; also, the plant yielding such seed. See
castor bean . - noun A cruciferous herb (
Camelina sativa ). - noun The sesame.
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- noun The
seed of any of severalplants which are used commercially as a source ofvegetable oil - noun The plant that yields such seed
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun any of several seeds that yield oil
Etymologies
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Examples
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Citigroup analyst David Driscoll said on Apr. 7 that a recent visit with ADM management in Decatur, Ill., confirmed his belief that fundamental trends are deteriorating across ADM's major businesses, namely oilseed processing and agricultural services.
BusinessWeek.com -- 2009
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"Apart from crops such as oilseed rape and field beans, there are precious few pollen sources around for bees and other insects in modern arable farmland and surprisingly little in areas specialising in dairy, beef or sheep production," he said.
Urban bees fare better due to varied diet, research reveals 2010
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What remains to be discussed is the growth of microbial protein on edible substrates and the conversion of byproducts, such as oilseed press-cakes, to food by means of fermentation.
Chapter 9 1979
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The success of "wastes" such as oilseed meals, fish meal, and rendering plant by-products as well established feed ingredients may create the false impression that the use of any waste as a feed is an easy, straightforward process.
Chapter 6 1979
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Planting break crops such as oilseed rape allowed alternative products such as propyzamide and carbetamide to be used.
FWi - All News 2010
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Canola, in particular, was bred in Canada from a kind of oilseed that had such a bitter taste that it was a used only as a lubricating oil.
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Planting break crops such as oilseed rape allowed alternative products such as propyzamide and carbetamide to be used.
FWi - All News 2010
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Canola, in particular, was bred in Canada from a kind of oilseed that had such a bitter taste that it was a used only as a lubricating oil.
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Planting break crops such as oilseed rape allowed alternative products such as propyzamide and carbetamide to be used.
FWi - All News 2010
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Planting break crops such as oilseed rape allowed alternative products such as propyzamide and carbetamide to be used.
FWi - All News 2010
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