oilseed

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noun

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

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miliumoil-rich seed
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Meanings

nounoilseed (usually uncountable, plural oilseeds)

plural oilseeds

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

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

    2022 May 19, “The coming food catastrophe”, in The Economist, →ISSN
  2. uncountableusuallyThe plant that yields such seed.
  3. uncountableusuallySynonym of milium (“keratin-filled cyst”).

    Synonyms: milium

Synonyms & antonyms

nounSynonym of milium (“keratin-filled cyst”).

Similar
milium

More synonyms by meaning

nounany of several seeds that yield oil

Similar
oil-rich seed
Broader
seed
Also see
milium

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From oil + seed.

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APA

oilseed. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oilseed

MLA

“oilseed.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oilseed. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “oilseed,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oilseed.

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