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peanut oil
noun
: a colorless to yellow fatty nondrying oil that is obtained from peanuts and is used chiefly as a salad oil, in margarine, in soap, and as a vehicle in pharmaceutical preparations and cosmetics
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People worldwide enjoy peanuts in many forms, including peanut oil, peanut butter, and peanut snacks.1
Peanuts are packed with nutrients.
—Johna Burdeos, Health, 5 Aug. 2024
The name came from a plan to ship peanut oil from the island, and while that idea was abandoned in 1946, the name Peanut Island always stuck.
—Patrick Connolly, Orlando Sentinel, 22 July 2024
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This body lotion is packed with vitamin A and uses beeswax and peanut oil.
—Claire Rutter, Rolling Stone, 26 June 2024
Beyond the normal ads for things like taxes, peanuts, cars, and tax-exempt biodiesel cars that run on peanut oil, there were trailers galore.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 11 Feb. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1862, in the meaning defined above
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“Peanut oil.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/peanut%20oil. Accessed 5 Oct. 2024.
Kids Definition
peanut oil
noun
: a colorless to yellow fatty oil that is obtained from peanuts
Medical Definition
peanut oil
noun
pea·nut oil
ˈpē-nət-
: a colorless to yellow nondrying fatty oil that is obtained from peanuts and is used chiefly as a salad oil, in margarine, in soap, and as a vehicle in pharmaceutical preparations and cosmetics
called also arachis oil
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