CORN OIL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does corn oil mean? 

• CORN OIL (noun)
  The noun CORN OIL has 1 sense:

1. oil from the germs of corn grains

  Familiarity information: CORN OIL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CORN OIL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Oil from the germs of corn grains

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("corn oil" is a kind of...):

oil; vegetable oil (any of a group of liquid edible fats that are obtained from plants)

Meronyms (substance of "corn oil"):

linoleic acid; linolic acid (a liquid polyunsaturated fatty acid abundant in plant fats and oils; a fatty acid essential for nutrition; used to make soap)

Holonyms ("corn oil" is a substance of...):

corn (the dried grains or kernels or corn used as animal feed or ground for meal)

 Context examples 

Refined corn oil is about 59% polyunsaturated fatty acid, 24% monounsaturated fatty acid, and 13% saturated fatty acid.

(Corn Oil, NCI Thesaurus)

The main use of corn oil is in cooking, where its high smoke point makes it a useful frying oil.

(Corn Oil, NCI Thesaurus)