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ˈoil-seed
Any seed yielding oil, e.g. linseed, rapeseed, mustard-seed. spec. a. that of the Castor-oil plant, Ricinus communis; b. that of Guizotia oleifera, an East Indian Composite plant, the oil of which is used for lamps and as a condiment; c. that of the Gold-of-Pleasure or False Flax, Camelina sativa (Siberian oil-seed); d. cottonseed (also attrib. oil-seed cake).
1562Turner Herbal ii. 134 Sesama whyche maye be called in English oyle sede is euell for the stomack. 1760J. Lee Introd. Bot. App. 320 Oil Seed, Ricinus. 1887C. A. Moloney Forestry W. Afr. 349 Imported into this country from the West Coast of Africa as an oil-seed. 1892Daily News 3 Sept. 7/3 In the Punjab the season..was fairly good for oilseeds, the area under which was the largest on record. 1899Whitaker's Almanac 584 Exports [from U.S.] to the United Kingdom in 1897..Oil seed cake, {pstlg}767,702. |