Oilseed

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The seed of the Ricinus communis, or castor-oil plant; castor-bean.
  • noun. The seed of Guizotia Abyssinica, a composite plant cultivated in India and Abyssinia on account of its oily seeds.
  • noun. The plant gold-of-pleasure, Camelina sativa. Sometimes called Siberian oil-seed.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. Seed from which oil is expressed, as the castor bean; also, the plant yielding such seed. See castor bean.
  • noun. A cruciferous herb (Camelina sativa).
  • noun. The sesame.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The seed of any of several plants which are used commercially as a source of vegetable oil
  • noun. The plant that yields such seed
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. any of several seeds that yield oil
  • Word Usage
    "Citigroup analyst David Driscoll said on Apr. 7 that a recent visit with ADM management in Decatur, Ill., confirmed his belief that fundamental trends are deteriorating across ADM's major businesses, namely oilseed processing and agricultural services."
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