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- An edible, mixed glyceride oil derived from plants (fruit, leaves, and seeds), including cottonseed, linseed, tung, and peanut; used in food oils, shortenings, soaps, and medicine, and as a paint drying oil.
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| Abstract from DBPedia | Vegetable oils, or vegetable fats, are oils extracted from seeds or from other parts of fruits. Like animal fats, vegetable fats are mixtures of triglycerides. Soybean oil, grape seed oil, and cocoa butter are examples of seed oils, or fats from seeds. Olive oil, palm oil, and rice bran oil are examples of fats from other parts of fruits. In common usage, vegetable oil may refer exclusively to vegetable fats which are liquid at room temperature. Vegetable oils are usually edible.植物油（しょくぶつゆ、英: vegetable oil）とは植物に含まれる脂質を抽出・精製した油脂・油で植物油脂とも呼ばれる。常温における状態で液体のものを植物油、固体のものを植物脂と分類することもあるが、ここでは分けずに記述する。特に脂肪含有率の高いヤシや大豆、菜種などの種子や果肉から精製され、食・調理用や加工用に利用されている他、古くは燈火の燃料としても使われ、20世紀後半からバイオディーゼル用途の需要も拡大している。 (Source: http://dbpedia.org/resource/Vegetable_oil) |
