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oilseed

noun

  1. seeds used to extract oil
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Wiktionary

noun

Etymology: From oil + seed.

  1. The seed of any of several plants which are used commercially as a source of vegetable oil.

    Ukraine’s exports of grain and oilseeds have mostly stopped and Russia’s are threatened.

  2. The plant that yields such seed.
  3. Synonym of milium (“keratin-filled cyst”).