Coconut Definition–noun | 1. | the large, hard-shelled seed of the coconut palm, lined with a white edible meat, and containing a milky liquid. |
| 2. | the meat of the coconut, often shredded and used in cooking, as a flavoring, and as a dessert topping. |
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Oil Definition–noun | 1. | any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc. |
| 2. | a substance of this or similar consistency. |
| 3. | refined or crude petroleum. |
| 5. | Informal. unctuous hypocrisy; flattery. |
| 7. | Australian and New Zealand Slang. facts or news; information: good oil. |
–verb (used with object) | 8. | to smear, lubricate, or supply with oil. |
| 10. | to make unctuous or smooth
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: to oil his words. |
| 11. | to convert into oil by melting, as butter. |
–adjective | 12. | pertaining to or resembling oil. |
| 13. | using oil, esp. as a fuel: an oil furnace. |
| 14. | concerned with the production or use of oil: an offshore oil rig. |
—Idioms| 17. | pour oil on troubled waters, to attempt to calm a difficult or tense situation, as an argument. |
| 18. | strike oil, | a. | to discover oil, esp. to bring in a well. |
| b. | to have good luck, esp. financially; make an important and valuable discovery: They struck oil only after years of market research. |
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Related topics from Britannicacoconut palm
tree of the palm family (Arecaceae). It is one of the most important crops of the tropics. The slender, leaning, ringed trunk of the tree rises to a height of up to 25 m (80 feet) from a swollen base ...
cohune oil
oil obtained from the kernels of the fruits, or nuts, of the cohune palm tree, Attalea cohune. The tree grows in western Central America from the Yucatan Peninsula to Honduras. The oil's properties, ...
oil cake
coarse residue obtained after oil is removed from various oilseeds, rich in protein and minerals and valuable as poultry and other animal feed. It may be broken up and sold or be ground into oil ...
oil plant
any of the numerous plants, either under cultivation or growing wild, used as sources of oil. Oil plants include trees such as palm, herbaceous plants such as flax, and even fungi (Fusarium).soap and detergent
Fatty raw materials for soap manufacture include animal and vegetable oils and fats or fatty acids, as well as by-products of the cellulose and paper industry, such as rosin and tall oil. Four groups ...
nutrition, human
The animal fats used by humans are butter, suet (beef fat), lard (pork fat), and fish oils. Important vegetable oils include olive oil, peanut (groundnut) oil, coconut oil, cottonseed oil, sunflower ...
fat and oil processing
The extent of processing applied to fats depends on their source, quality, and ultimate use. Many fats are used for edible purposes after only a single processing step-i.e., clarification by settling ...
copra
dried sections of the meat of the coconut, the kernel of the fruit of the coconut palm (Cocos nucifera). Copra is valued for the coconut oil extracted from it and for the resulting residue, ...
emollient
any substance that softens the skin by slowing evaporation of water. Sesame, almond, and olive oils were used in ancient Egypt; beeswax, spermaceti, almond oil, borax, and rosewater in Greece; and ...
Dominica
Most of the main products and exports are derived from the agricultural industry; they include copra, coconut oil, soap, bay oil, and fruit juices. Wood products, including furniture, are produced ...
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Yahoo! News Australia - Found 21 hours ago
DAVAO CITY, Oct. 17 Asia Pulse - Philippine coconut oil exports jumped 105 per cent during the first six months this year, surprising many coconut
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Philippine Coco Oil Exports Surge 105%, Fresh Bananas Drop 7%
Yahoo! Singapore - Found 23 hours ago
DAVAO CITY, Oct. 17 Asia Pulse - Philippine coconut oil exports jumped 105 per cent during the first six months this year, surprising many coconut
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AHD International Signs Distrubution Agreement With RV Industries ...
AHD brings coconut ingredients to functional foods, beverages
Nutra Ingredients USA - Found Oct. 14, 2008
Coconut Oil, and it will market and distribute its bulk Coconut Water. 'RV Industries has manufactured and provided our high-quality coconut...
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EU Hands over coconut oil mill
People First - Found Oct. 13, 2008
The Sausama virgin coconut oil production mill crushes kernel from raw dry coconut and processes coconut milk into refined vegetable oil.
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1344 cans of adulterated coconut oil seized
Bangladesh Daily Star - Found Oct. 12, 2008
Police seized 1344 cans of adulterated coconut oil worth Tk 23 lakh from a truck yesterday from Khulna-Bagerhat highway under Bagerhat Sadar Police
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Malaysia: Coconut water therapy can work wonders (1)
Fresh Plaza - Found Oct. 11, 2008
Association, said coconut water is good for ailments like cholera, dysentery and typhoid. Indians have long praised the virtues of coconut oil...
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Shell Lipbalm
DivaShop - Found Oct. 11, 2008
... also includes the following super emollient ingredients: coconut oil, rosehip oil, mango seed butter, macadamia oil, jojoba oil, & more.
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Coconut Oil Posted By : AHD International
Article Dashboard.com - Found Oct. 10, 2008
Coconut oil is produced in four ways; Virgin coconut oil, Refined Coconut oil, hydrogenated oil and fractionated oil. Virgin coconut oil is...
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Malaysia: Coconut shortage pushes prices up As coconut trees are cut ...
Fresh Plaza - Found Oct. 9, 2008
... make way for the more profitable oil palm, consumers have ended up paying as much as RM8 a kilogramme for fresh coconut milk. Coconut supplier...
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