OILSEED

oilseed, oil-rich seed

(noun) any of several seeds that yield oil

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

oilseed (usually uncountable, plural oilseeds)

The seed of any of several plants which are used commercially as a source of vegetable oil

The plant that yields such seed

Hyponyms

• linseed, rapeseed, cottonseed

Source: Wiktionary


Oil"seed`, n. (Bot.) (a) Seed from which oil is expressed, as the castor bean; also, the plant yielding such seed. See Castor bean. (b) A cruciferous herb (Camelina sativa). (c) The sesame.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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