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oilseed

noun

Etymology

From oil + seed.

  1. derived from *seh₁-✻
  2. inherited from *sēdiz✻
  3. inherited from *sād✻
  4. inherited from sēd
  5. inherited from seed
  6. compounded as oilseed — “oil + seed”

Definitions

  1. The seed of any of several plants which are used commercially as a source of vegetable…

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

    • Ukraine’s exports of grain and oilseeds have mostly stopped and Russia’s are threatened.

  2. The plant that yields such seed.

  3. Synonym of milium (“keratin-filled cyst”).

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA