vegetable oil

vegetable oil

n. Any of various oils obtained from plants and used in food products and industrially.

vegetable oil

n (Elements & Compounds) any of a group of oils that are esters of fatty acids and glycerol and are obtained from plants

veg′etable oil`

n. any of various liquid oils derived from the fruit or seeds of plants. [1895–1900]

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vegetable oil - any of a group of liquid edible fats that are obtained from plantsoiledible fat - oily or greasy matter making up the bulk of fatty tissue in animals and in seeds and other plant tissuemargarine, marge, oleo, oleomargarine, margarin - a spread made chiefly from vegetable oils and used as a substitute for buttercooking oil - any of numerous vegetable oils used in cookingsweet oil - mild vegetable oil when used as food; especially olive or edible rape oilcanola, canola oil - vegetable oil made from rapeseed; it is high in monounsaturated fatty acidscoconut oil, copra oil - oil from coconutscorn oil - oil from the germs of corn grainscottonseed oil - edible oil pressed from cottonseedsolive oil - oil from olivespalm oil - oil from nuts of oil palms especially the African oil palmgroundnut oil, peanut oil - an oil from peanuts; used in cooking and making soapsalad oil - any of several edible vegetable oils that can be used in salad dressingssafflower oil - oil from seeds of the safflower plantsesame oil - oil obtained from sesame seedssoyabean oil, soybean oil - oil from soya beanssunflower oil, sunflower-seed oil - oil from sunflower seedswalnut oil - oil from walnutsmadia oil - used as a substitute for olive oildrying oil - an oil that hardens in air due to oxidation and is often used as a paint or varnish base

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