any seed grown commercially for its oil, as cottonseed or rapeseed
oilseed in American English
(ˈɔilˌsid)
noun
any of several seeds, as the castor bean, sesame, or cottonseed, from which an oil is expressed
Word origin
[1555–65; oil + seed]This word is first recorded in the period 1555–65. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: chorus, clearance, halo, review, social
Examples of 'oilseed' in a sentence
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The conventional oilseed processing uses hexane as solvent.
Santos M.M., Boss E.A., Maciel Filho R. 2000, 'Supercritical extraction of oleaginous: parametric sensitivity analysis', Brazilian Journal of Chemical Engineeringhttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-66322000000400035. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Oilseed crops are being widely evaluated for potential biodiesel production.
Katie L. Rothlisberger, Frank M. Hons, Terry J. Gentry, Scott A. Senseman 2012, 'Oilseed Meal Effects on the Emergence and Survival of Crop and Weed Species', Applied and Environmental Soil Sciencehttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/769357. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
This decision will affect the possibilities of chemical protection for the oilseed.
Lagarde Fabien 2009, 'Nouvelles règles d'évaluation des produits phytopharmaceutiques : conséquences pourles oléagineux', Oléagineux, Corps gras, Lipideshttp://dx.doi.org/10.1051/ocl.2009.0261. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Following the extraction of oil for biodiesel production, oilseed press cakes are high in fat.
S. M. Olivares-Palma, S. J. Meale, L. G. R. Pereira, F. S. Machado, H. Carneiro, F.C. F. Lopes, R. M. Maurício, A. V. Chaves 2013, 'Fermentation, Digestion Kinetics and Methane Production of Oilseed Press Cakes fromBiodiesel Production', Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Scienceshttp://www.ajas.info/upload/pdf/ajas-26-8-1102-6.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Oilseed radish and lupine accumulated the largest amounts of calcium and potassium.
Ricardo Viola, Giovani Benin, Luís César Cassol, Cilas Pinnow, Mariana Faber Flores,Elesandro Bornhofen 2013, 'Adubação verde e nitrogenada na cultura do trigo em plantio direto Green manure andnitrogen fertilization in the spring wheat under no-tillage', Bragantiahttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0006-87052013000100012. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Moreover, they represent an alternative protein-rich feed ingredient for soybean meal and other oilseed meals.
Rubio, Luis A., Molina, Eduarda 2016, 'Las leguminosas en alimentación animal', Arbor: Ciencia, Pensamiento y Culturahttp://arbor.revistas.csic.es/index.php/arbor/article/view/2119/2780. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
In the arena, habitat entry was more frequent into oilseed radish than into rye.
Bas Allema, Wopke van der Werf, Joop C van Lenteren, Lia Hemerik, Walter A H Rossing 2014, 'Movement behaviour of the carabid beetle Pterostichus melanarius in crops and at ahabitat interface explains patterns of population redistribution in the field.', PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4281160?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The weather conditions affected the intensity of the diseases on the studied spring oilseed crops.
Barbara Majchrzak, Tomasz P. Kurowski, Zofia Karpińska 2013, 'The health condition of spring oilseed crops in relation to the fungi colonising theirseeds', Acta Agrobotanicahttps://pbsociety.org.pl/journals/index.php/aa/article/view/2546. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
A diagnosis of the impact of oilseed crops raises methodological issues.
Sausse Christophe, Penillard Eve, Barbottin Aude, Jiguet Frédéric 2011, 'Évaluation de l'impact de la culture de colza sur la biodiversité aviaire en France: enjeux, méthodes, premiers résultats', Oléagineux, Corps gras, Lipideshttp://dx.doi.org/10.1051/ocl.2011.0379. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)