oilseed Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun any of several seeds that yield oil
    oil-rich seed.

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Oil"seed` noun
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) (a) Seed from which oil is expressed, as the castor bean; also, the plant yielding such seed. See Castor bean. (b) A cruciferous herb (Camelina sativa). (c) The sesame.

Webster 1913