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oilseeds

oilseeds is the plural of oilseed.

Meaning of oilseed

Noun

oilseed (usually uncountable, plural oilseeds)

  1. (usually) 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.2022 May 19, “The coming food catastrophe”, in The Economist, →ISSN
  2. (usually) The plant that yields such seed.
  3. (usually) Synonym of milium (“keratin-filled cyst”).
    Synonyms:
    milium

Phrases with oilseeds

Questions about oilseeds

What is oilseeds the plural of?
Oilseeds is the plural of oilseed.

Words near oilseeds in the dictionary

  1. oilseed cake
  2. oilseed cakes
  3. oilseed radish
  4. oilseed radishes
  5. oilseed rape
  6. oilseeds
  7. oilskin
  8. oilskinned
  9. oilskins
  10. oilsmoke
  11. oilspot

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