CORN OIL

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Oil from the germs of corn grains

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("corn oil" is a kind of...):

oil; vegetable oil (any of a group of liquid edible fats that are obtained from plants)

Meronyms (substance of "corn oil"):

linoleic acid; linolic acid (a liquid polyunsaturated fatty acid abundant in plant fats and oils; a fatty acid essential for nutrition; used to make soap)

Holonyms ("corn oil" is a substance of...):

corn (the dried grains or kernels or corn used as animal feed or ground for meal)

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