Crossword clues for oilseed
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Oilseed \Oil"seed`\, n. (Bot.)
Seed from which oil is expressed, as the castor bean; also, the plant yielding such seed. See Castor bean.
A cruciferous herb ( Camelina sativa).
The sesame.
Wiktionary
n. 1 The seed of any of several plants which are used commercially as a source of vegetable oil 2 The plant that yields such seed
WordNet
n. any of several seeds that yield oil
Wikipedia
- Redirect Vegetable oil
Usage examples of "oilseed".
One possibility existed-coming up with an oilseed plant that could be refined to approximate synthetic fuels-but that required more land, reduced food crop yields, and demanded a refining technology which would require metals and power.
There was a big field on one side, and visible behind it a hedge, and beyond that, some of Aunt Annie's land, another field planted with oilseed rape and those bright yellow flowers.
There were a good three hours of daylight left yet, the perfect evening for a quiet mooch round the hedgerows bordering the barley and oilseed rape fields in the hope of a shot at an unwary rabbit.
Even the hardy oilseeds withered and dried, and the forests of Sligo blazed through the long summer.
Or pearapples or oilseeds from Recluce instead of from Certis or Hydlen?
The fields were bringing forth beans, maize, oilseeds, and the hillsides carried vingt upon vingt of almond orchards.
Recluce is a much smaller place than Candar, and the Blacks use their arts to increase production of many goods, especially wool, oilseeds, and some fruits they dry.
Once they had gotten well south of Borlan the land had become hillier and far more lush, and Alucius and third squad passed meadows still green even in early harvest, tilled fields filled with crops ranging from beans to oilseeds, and vingt upon vingt of almond orchards.