cottonseed
Americannoun
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cottonseeds,
plural
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cottonseed
plural
noun
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Origin of cottonseed
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To back up, omega-6 is found in seeds and vegetables and the oils extracted from them — oils like soybean, corn, canola, cottonseed, safflower and sunflower.
From Salon ● Sep. 7, 2023
Processed foods often contain palm, palm kernel and cottonseed oils.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 21, 2022
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
For poorer grades of tallow, house grease, poor cottonseed oil, etc.,
From Soap-Making Manual A Practical Handbook on the Raw Materials, Their Manipulation, Analysis and Control in the Modern Soap Plant. by E. G. Thomssen
The seeds were planted as the cottonseeds were, and the same kind care supplied sun and rain and earth for them.
From The Seven Little Sisters Who Live on the Round Ball That Floats in the Air by Jane Andrews
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