argan

British

/ ˈɑːɡæn /

noun

a thorny evergreen tree, Argania spinosa , native to SW Morocco, the plum-sized fruit of which contains a nut that yields an oil valued for cooking

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MARRAKECH, MOROCCOIn Jemaa el-Fnaa, the raucous main square in Marrakech, street merchants shout special prices for argan oil and wooden camel figurines.

From National Geographic • Nov. 9, 2023

With a Moroccan argan oil base, this formula contains essential oils to relax you before going in for the tweeze.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 14, 2022

The nourishing all-natural blend contains argan and crambe abyssinica oils and real coffee beans.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 13, 2021

Most argan oil is produced by local cooperatives of Amazigh-speaking Berber women around the cities of Agadir, Essaouira and Taroudant where the argan tree, which bears small green fruit resembling an olive, is common.

From Reuters • Jun. 15, 2021

Argania sideroxylon.—This is the argan tree of Morocco.

From Catalogue of Economic Plants in the Collection of the U. S. Department of Agriculture by Saunders, William

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