oil body
noun
1 Botany and Microbiology (in various eukaryotic microorganisms and plant tissues) an intracellular inclusion consisting of a core of neutral lipids surrounded by a membrane monolayer of phospholipids.
2 Botany an oil-containing appendage (also called an elaiosome) which occurs near the hilum of some seeds; an aril, caruncle, or strophiole.
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in The Botanical Gazette. After German Oelkörper.
- take someone at their word
- take someone back
- take someone for a ride
- take someone in
- take someone in hand
- take someone in rear
- take someone into one's confidence
- take someone off
- take someone on
- take someone out
- take someone out of themselves
- take someone's breath away
- take someone's name in vain
- take someone/something in hand
- take someone's (or one's own) life
- take someone's point
- take someone's word (for it)
- take someone/thing by surprise
- take someone/thing out
- take someone/thing seriously
- take someone to law
- take someone to task
- take someone to the cleaners
- take someone to the woodshed
- take someone up