cottonseed
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Origin of cottonseed
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"It's called 'vegetable' so that the manufacturers can substitute whatever commodity oil they want — soy, corn, cottonseed, canola — without having to print a new label," Howard explains.
From Salon • Oct. 4, 2021
Roundup-resistant Palmer amaranth populations quickly spread through the South, then moved north, hidden at times in cottonseed hulls used for animal feed.
From New York Times • Aug. 18, 2021
They were made of dark-brown cottonseed hulls, oiled down or they’d blow away, requiring raking before putting.
From Golf Digest • Mar. 8, 2019
Its low production costs make it cheaper than frying oils such as cottonseed or sunflower.
From The Guardian • Feb. 19, 2019
But instead of containing a proper amount of linseed oil, if indeed it contained any, the medicine was made with cottonseed oil, an ingredient not mentioned in the Dispensatory.
From Old English Patent Medicines in America by Griffenhagen, George B.
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