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  • 21Fish oil — A typical fish oil softgel Fish oil is oil derived from the tissues of oily fish. Fish oils contain the omega 3 fatty acids eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA), and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), precursors of eicosanoids that are known to reduce… …

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  • 22Colza oil — Colza cultivation in Germany Colza oil is a nondrying oil obtained from the seeds of Brassica rapa, var. oleifera, a variety of the plant that produces turnips. Colza is extensively cultivated in France, Belgium, the United States, the… …

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  • 23Corn oil — Corn oil, in a 5 liter plastic bottle Corn oil, plastic jugs in cardboard boxes, 33 lbs …

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  • 24Marula oil — is extracted from the kernels (nuts) of the Marula tree (Sclerocarya birrea), from the Anacardiaceae family. Marula oil is traditionally used in cosmetics, in food as a cooking oil and as a meat preservative and to treat leather. Contents 1… …

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  • 25vegetable oil — Synonyms and related words: Macassar oil, absinthe, animal oil, avocado oil, bay oil, beechnut oil, camphor, candlenut oil, carapa oil, castor oil, cedarwood oil, cerate, clove oil, cocoa butter, copaiba, copra oil, corn oil, croton oil, drying… …

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  • 26linseed oil — noun a drying oil extracted from flax seed and used in making such things as oil paints • Syn: ↑flaxseed oil • Hypernyms: ↑oil • Substance Meronyms: ↑linoleic acid, ↑linolic acid, ↑linolenic acid …

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  • 27Linseed oil — Linseed Lin seed (l[i^]n s[=e]d ), n. [OE. lin flax + seed. See {Linen}.] (Bot.) The seeds of flax, from which linseed oil is obtained. [Written also {lintseed}.] [1913 Webster] {Linseed cake}, the solid mass or cake which remains when oil is… …

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  • 28linseed oil — n a yellowish drying oil obtained from flaxseed and used in liniments, pastes, and green soap and in veterinary medicine as a laxative * * * the fixed oil obtained from the dried ripe seed of Linum usitatissimum; used as an emollient in various… …

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  • 29linseed oil — n. a yellowish oil extracted from flaxseed, and used, because of its drying qualities, in making oil paints, printer s ink, linoleum, etc …

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  • 30linseed oil — lin′seed oil n. chem. a drying oil obtained by pressing flaxseed, used in making paints, printing inks, linoleum, etc • Etymology: 1540–50 …

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