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

It yields a fixed oil, an excellent sample of which was sent by the Manila pharmacist D. A. del Rosario to the Paris Exposition of 1889.

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

They contain a bland fixed oil, consisting chiefly of olein.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 1 A to Amide by Various

They yield a light green, fixed oil, probably the active principle of the plant.

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

It yields about 50% of a fixed oil, sweet and savory.

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

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 Snyder, Harry