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COCONUT OIL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Oil from coconuts
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("coconut oil" is a kind of...):
oil; vegetable oil (any of a group of liquid edible fats that are obtained from plants)
Holonyms ("coconut oil" is a substance of...):
cocoanut; coconut (large hard-shelled oval nut with a fibrous husk containing thick white meat surrounding a central cavity filled (when fresh) with fluid or milk)
Context examples:
In recent research published in Scientific Reports, USDA’s Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists identified specific coconut oil fatty acids that have strong repellency and long-lasting effectiveness against multiple insects—mosquitoes, ticks, biting flies and bed bugs—that can transmit diseases to humans and animals.
(Coconut Oil Compounds Repel Insects Better than DEET, U.S. Department of Agriculture)
A team of scientists found that the coconut oil compounds were effective against biting flies and bed bugs for two weeks and had lasting repellency against ticks for at least one week in laboratory tests.
(Coconut Oil Compounds Repel Insects Better than DEET, U.S. Department of Agriculture)
