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OILSEED

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of several seeds that yield oil

Synonyms:

oil-rich seed; oilseed

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("oilseed" is a kind of...):

seed (a small hard fruit)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "oilseed"):

castor bean (the toxic seed of the castor-oil plant; source of castor oil)

cottonseed (seed of cotton plants; source of cottonseed oil)

candlenut (seed of candlenut tree; source of soil used in varnishes)

rapeseed (seed of rape plants; source of an edible oil)

flaxseed; linseed (the seed of flax used as a source of oil)

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