cottonseed oil

cottonseed oil
The refined fixed oil obtained from the seed of cultivated plants of various varieties of Gossypium hirsutum or of other species of Gossypium (family Malvaceae); a solvent.

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cot·ton·seed oil 'kät-ən-.sēd- n a fatty oil that is obtained from cottonseed, is pale yellow after refining, contains principally glycerides of linoleic, oleic, and palmitic acids, and is used chiefly in salad and cooking oils and after hydrogenation in shortenings and margarine

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[NF] the fixed oil obtained by expression from the seeds of cultivated varieties of cotton (genus Gossypium). It is used in soaps, oleomargarine, lubricants, and salad and cooking oils, and as a solvent and vehicle for injections. In veterinary medicine, it is used as a delousing agent, usually combined with two parts of pine tar for ear ticks of horses, and as a mild emollient and laxative for small animals.

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