cottonseed oil

American  

noun

1. a brown-yellow, viscid oil with a nutlike odor, obtained from the seed of the cotton plant: used in the manufacture of soaps, hydrogenated fats, lubricants, and cosmetics, as a cooking and salad oil, and in medicine chiefly as a laxative.

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cottonseed oil British  

noun

1. a yellowish or dark red oil with a nutlike smell, extracted or expelled from cottonseed, used in cooking and in the manufacture of paints, soaps, etc

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Etymology

Origin of cottonseed oil

An Americanism dating back to 1825–35

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cottonseed oil

The products, mostly partially hydrogenated soybean oil and cottonseed oil, provided taste and texture and extended the shelf life of fried and baked foods.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2015

"Fired from the Wall Street Journal in 1954 for lacking respect for price of crude cottonseed oil."

From Slate ● Jun. 7, 2011

When they found they had a surplus of cottonseed oil, they built a vegetable-shortening plant to process it.

From Time Magazine Archive

Agriculture Secretary Ezra Taft Benson has sold off about 44 million Ibs. of surplus cottonseed oil, nearly 15% of the total 260 million Ibs. the Government bought under price props.

From Time Magazine Archive

Ten per cent oil of tar in Beaumont oil or in cottonseed oil was found to be safe and efficacious by Graybill.

From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Michener, Charles B.