fixed oil

American  

noun

Chemistry.

1. a natural vegetable or animal oil that is nonvolatile, as lard oil, linseed oil, etc.

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fixed oil British  

noun

1. Also called: fatty oil.  a natural animal or vegetable oil that is not volatile: a mixture of esters of fatty acids, usually triglycerides Compare essential oil

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Etymology

Origin of fixed oil

First recorded in 1790–1800

Example Sentences

Allspice contains about 2.5 per cent volatile oil, 4 per cent fixed oil, and 4.5 per cent ash.

From Human Foods and Their Nutritive Value by Snyder, Harry

There is also a fixed oil in the seeds.

From Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure by Fernie, William Thomas

A Manila pharmacist, D. Rosendo García, has obtained a good quality of the fixed oil of this plant.

From The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by Thomas, Jerome Beers

All parts of the plant contain much carbonate of potash; and the fruit, or seed, furnishes a fixed oil in abundance.

From Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure by Fernie, William Thomas

Ginger contains from 3.6 to 7.5 per cent of ash, from 1.5 to 3 per cent of volatile oil, and from 3 to 5.5 per cent of fixed oil.

From Human Foods and Their Nutritive Value by Snyder, Harry