fixed oil
a natural vegetable or animal oil that is nonvolatile, as lard oil, linseed oil, etc.
Origin of fixed oil
1- Also called fatty oil.
Words Nearby fixed oil
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How to use fixed oil in a sentence
But wax exists also as a vegetable product, and may, in this point of view, be regarded as a concrete fixed oil.
A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines | Andrew UreAn essential oil, the chief cause of the bad taste, combines with the fixed oil, and rises with it to the surface.
A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines | Andrew UreThe fixed oil is greenish-yellow, fluid, but gradually solidifying in the air.
The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines | T. H. Pardo de TaveraThe fruit yields a fixed oil, and by fermentation and distillation produces alcohol.
The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines | T. H. Pardo de TaveraThe expressed seeds yield a fixed oil, which is irritating and in my opinion should not be used internally.
The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines | T. H. Pardo de Tavera
British Dictionary definitions for fixed oil
a natural animal or vegetable oil that is not volatile: a mixture of esters of fatty acids, usually triglycerides: Also called: fatty oil Compare essential oil
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