cottonseed meal

noun

1. cotton cake when pulverized.

cottonseed meal

noun

1. the residue of cottonseed kernels from which oil has been extracted, used as fodder or fertilizer

Word History and Origins

Origin of cottonseed meal¹

An Americanism dating back to 1855–60

Example Sentences

Rose addict Howard Feltham, president of the South Coast Rose Society, calls Yamada Garden Center the best place to find the 12 natural ingredients that go into the club’s famous “rose cocktail,” such as alfalfa pellets, iron pellets, bone meal, kelp meal and cottonseed meal.

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Still others read alarming headlines about how cottonseed meal contained a toxic compound, even though cottonseed oil itself contained none of it.

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In the second bag, combine about a quarter cup of each: iron pellets, Epsom salt, bone meal, kelp meal, phosphorous powder, potassium powder, cottonseed meal, fish meal, blood meal, calcium powder and sulfur powder.

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To increase the availability of other types of animal feed, China’s customs authority removed inspection requirements on a variety of agricultural byproducts, including peanut meal, cottonseed meal and rapeseed meal.

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Cottonseed and cottonseed meal are used in feed for livestock and poultry.

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