fatty oil

American  

noun

Chemistry.

1. fixed oil.

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fatty oil British  

noun

1. another name for fixed oil

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Etymology

Origin of fatty oil

First recorded in 1825–35

Example Sentences

The factories dehydrate the larvae to make an animal feed or extract a fatty oil, which has a range of uses from cosmetics to biodiesel.

From Nature • Sep. 12, 2017

The tissue of the seeds contains a fatty oil, with resin, mucilage and gum, malates and albuminous matter; and in the pericarp there is much tannin.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" by Various

An essential oil is distinguished from a fatty oil by its characteristic odour, and by being slightly soluble in water and more volatile.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 2: Ebert to Estremadura by Various

The fatty oil of fern, has an æthereal and empyreumatic smell; its colour is brown, and its consistence rather greater than that of castor oil; it is, however, easier to separate in drops.

From North American Medical and Surgical Journal, Vol. 2, No. 3, July, 1826 by Bache, Franklin

Ergot should be kept in stoppered bottles in order to preserve it from the attacks of a species of mite, and to prevent the oxidation of its fatty oil.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" by Various