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coconut oil

noun
  1. a white, semisolid fat or nearly colorless fatty oil extracted from coconuts, used chiefly in foods and in the manufacture of soaps, cosmetics, and candles.
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Origin of coconut oil

First recorded in 1830–40
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Examples from the Web for coconut oil

Historical Examples

  • In this country there is a great amount of exhausted cake from the coconut-oil factories, which is exported to Europe each year.

    The Philippine Agricultural Review

    Various

  • A coconut-oil lamp, placed in the centre of a table, showed that the evening meal was in readiness.

British Dictionary definitions for coconut oil

coconut oil

noun
  1. the fatty oil obtained from the meat of the coconut and used for making soap, cosmetics, etc
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