rapeseed oil
noun
: a nondrying or semidrying oil obtained from rapeseed and turnip seed and used chiefly as a lubricant, illuminant, and food
called also rape oil
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Key Ingredients: Shea butter, rapeseed oil, seaweed extract, lilyturf extract
Texture: Comforting and rich
Best For: Sensitive or reactive skin types.
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Deanna Pai, Vogue, 14 Feb. 2025
Other vegetable oils, such as rapeseed oil, could also become more expensive as a result of similar supply challenges, added the StoneX broker.
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—Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 4 Dec. 2024
The series will cover the 50 days between the death of an eight-year-old boy from unknown causes to the official statement identifying contaminated rapeseed oil as the cause.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 2 Dec. 2024
Biofuels made from corn, wheat, soy, rapeseed oil, palm oil, woody biomass—even algae—have been positioned as key transitional fuels on the pathway to net zero carbon emissions and to energy sovereignty.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 8 Aug. 2024
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Deanna Pai, Vogue, 14 Feb. 2025
Other vegetable oils, such as rapeseed oil, could also become more expensive as a result of similar supply challenges, added the StoneX broker.
2.
—Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 4 Dec. 2024
The series will cover the 50 days between the death of an eight-year-old boy from unknown causes to the official statement identifying contaminated rapeseed oil as the cause.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 2 Dec. 2024
Biofuels made from corn, wheat, soy, rapeseed oil, palm oil, woody biomass—even algae—have been positioned as key transitional fuels on the pathway to net zero carbon emissions and to energy sovereignty.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 8 Aug. 2024
See All Example Sentences for rapeseed oil
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“Rapeseed oil.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rapeseed%20oil. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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