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canola oil
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | canola oil - vegetable oil made from rapeseed; it is high in monounsaturated fatty acidscanolavegetable oil, oil - any of a group of liquid edible fats that are obtained from plantsoleic acid - a colorless oily liquid occurring as a glyceride; it is the major fatty acid in olive oil and canola oil; used in making soap and cosmetics and ointments and lubricating oils |
canola oil
canola oil[kə′nōl·ə ‚ȯil] (food engineering) An edible vegetable oil derived from rapeseed that is low in saturated fatty acids (less than 7%), high in monosaturated fatty acids (60%), and high in polyunsaturated fatty acids (30%). canola oil
canola oil [kah-no´lah] rapeseed oil that has been specifically prepared from plants bred to be low in erucic acid.canola oilA light, clear oil derived from the pods of an oilseed plant in the rapeseed family. The oil is composed of 7% saturated fat (the lowest saturated fat content of any vegetable oil), 61% monounsaturated fat, and 22% polyunsaturated fat. The seeds were initially bred and processed in Canada for lower erucic acid levels, making it an edible, nontoxic oil. The commercial oil was changed from the unfortunate rapeseed to Canola oil, from Can(adian) o(il), l(ow) a(cid). See also: oilcanola oil
Related to canola oil: safflower oil, vegetable oil, sunflower oilSynonyms for canola oilnoun vegetable oil made from rapeseedSynonymsRelated Words- vegetable oil
- oil
- oleic acid
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