FATTY OIL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does fatty oil mean? 

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

1. nonvolatile animal or plant oil

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• FATTY OIL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Nonvolatile animal or plant oil

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

fatty oil; fixed oil

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

oil (a slippery or viscous liquid or liquefiable substance not miscible with water)

 Context examples 

They comprise the fats, fatty oils, essential oils, waxes, sterols, phospholipids, glycolipids, sulfolipids, aminolipids, chromolipids (lipochromes), and fatty acids.

(Lipid, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

A pale-yellow to red fatty oil; soluble in ether, chloroform, and carbon disulfide; taste and aroma are similar to almond oil; the oil is expressed from blanched seeds of peaches or apricots; used as a flavoring, in medicine, and as a nutrient similar to olive and almond oils.

(Persic Oil, NCI Thesaurus)