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extra-virgin
[ ek-struh-vur-jin ]
adjective
- made from the first pressing of highest-quality olives.
extra virgin
adjective
- (of olive oil) of the highest quality, extracted by cold pressing rather than chemical treatment
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Jeremy Meltzer began producing Yellingbo Gold Extra Virgin Olive Oil in 2005 with his father on their family farm in Australia.
Actress Debi Mazar and her Italian husband went from blogging to the cooking show Extra Virgin.
Still, even with U.S.-made olive oil, extra virgin will be the least processed and the purest in flavor.
Extra virgin is pressed without chemicals or heat immediately after the fruit has been picked from the tree.
And always a couple of different extra-virgin olive oils; sometimes I infuse them with citrus or ginger or different herbs.
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