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Webster 1913 Edition


Oilseed

Oil′seedˊ

,
Noun.
(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.