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cottonseed oil


cottonseed oil

noun

Definition of COTTONSEED OIL

: a pale yellow semidrying fatty oil that is obtained from the cottonseed and is used chiefly in salad and cooking oils and after hydrogenation in shortenings and margarine
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First Known Use of COTTONSEED OIL

1833

Rhymes with COTTONSEED OIL

canola oil, coconut oil, cod-liver oil, essential oil, induction coil, residual oil, sandalwood oil, sesame oil, tropical oil, vegetable oil, volatile oil, water milfoil

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