Niger seed

American  

noun

1. the black seed of a tropical African composite plant, Guizotia abyssinica, yielding an oil used as food, in the manufacture of soap, etc.

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Niger seed British  

noun

1. another name for ramtil

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Etymology

Origin of Niger seed

First recorded in 1885–90

Example Sentences

From 200 to 400 quarters under the name of Niger seed are imported annually into Liverpool for expressing 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 Simmonds, P. L.