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

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Example Sentences

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fixed oil

Chemically, it contains an acrid fixed oil, and a yellow glucoside.

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

Nutmeg contains about 2.2 per cent ash, 2.5 to 5 per cent volatile oil, and 25 to 35 per cent fixed oil.

From Human Foods and Their Nutritive Value by Harry Snyder

The seeds of the Argemone mexicana, and of the Sanguinaria canadensis, also contain a bland, nutritious, colorless, fixed oil.

From The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. by P. L. Simmonds

The seeds yield a fixed oil on expression, which is laxative and relieves the pains of colic, probably by virtue of its narcotic properties.

From The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by Jerome Beers Thomas

The whole herb contains resin, mucilage, sugar, a fixed oil, tannin, a colouring matter, malic or tanacetic acid, and water.

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

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