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oilseed
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun oilseed has 1 sense
- oilseed(n = noun.plant) oil-rich seed - any of several seeds that yield oil; Array has particulars: castor bean, cottonseed, candlenut, rapeseed, flaxseed, linseed
is a kind of seed
CIDE DICTIONARY
oilseed, n.
Seed from which oil is expressed, as the castor bean; also, the plant yielding such seed. See Castor bean. [1913 Webster]
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