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peanut oil

–noun
a yellow to greenish oil expressed or extracted from peanuts, used in cookery, as a vehicle for medicines, and in the manufacture of margarine and soap.
Also called arachis oil.


Origin:
1880–85
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peanut oil  
n.  The oil pressed from peanuts, used for cooking, in soaps, and as a solvent for pharmaceutical preparations.
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Main Entry: pea·nut oil
Pronunciation: 'pE-n&t-
Function: noun
: a colorless to yellow nondrying fatty oil that is obtained from peanuts and isused chiefly as a salad oil, in margarine, in soap, and as a vehicle in pharmaceutical preparations and cosmetics called also arachis oil
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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