oilseed

English

Etymology

oil +‎ seed

Noun

oilseed (usually uncountable, plural oilseeds)

1. The seed of any of several plants which are used commercially as a source of vegetable oil.

   Hyponyms: linseed, rapeseed, cottonseed

   • 2022 May 19, “The coming food catastrophe”, in The Economist‎^[1], →ISSN:

     Ukraine’s exports of grain and oilseeds have mostly stopped and Russia’s are threatened.

2. The plant that yields such seed.

Derived terms

• oilseed cake
• oilseed radish
• oilseed rape