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substance
Also known as: edible oil, fixed oil, nonvolatile oil
oregano essential oil
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- Related Topics:
- vegetable oil
- whale oil
- fusel oil
- fish oil
- meal
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oil, any greasy substance that is liquid at room temperature and insoluble in water. There are many types, such as essential oil; orris oil; mineral oil (see petroleum); whale oil; pine oil; linseed oil; perilla oil; fish oil; tall oil; citronella oil. There is also cooking oil, such as olive, vegetable, Canola, and argan. A brief treatment of fixed oils follows. For full treatment of edible oils, see fat and oil processing. Fixed oils and fats have the same chemical composition: they consist chiefly of glycerides, resulting from a reaction between an alcohol called glycerol and certain members of a ...(100 of 278 words)