oilseed

noun

oil·seed ˈȯi(-ə)l-ˌsēd

: a seed or crop (such as flaxseed) grown mainly for oil

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Canola in crosshairs Canada is among the world’s top producers of canola — an oilseed crop that is used to make cooking oil, animal feed and biodiesel fuel — and China has historically been one of its largest customers. —

Kristine Gill, Fortune Asia, 3 Sep. 2024 But before the sustainable possibilities can flourish, farmers need to know if the muscular, intermediate oilseed can actually grow during the region’s notoriously cold winters and mild springs. —

Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 11 July 2024 Beginning in 2016, Forever Green started breeding oilseeds — including camelina, which is a member of the mustard family and native to the Mediterranean — for use in a relay-cropping system with soybeans. —

Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 11 July 2024 An enormous structural problem in the agri-food system is that demand for grains and oilseeds for biofuels, and especially for animal feed, has grown far faster than the demand for food. —

Christopher B. Barrett, Foreign Affairs, 25 July 2022 See all Example Sentences for oilseed