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Oil seeds

Oil seeds, the conclusion that jeera, dhania, panmohuri, methi and postak are 'oilseeds' is correct. The Condensed Chemical Dictionary (7th Edition) edited by Arthur and Elizabeth Rose, from which the following informations regarding the seeds in question were available: Dhania (coriander seed); botanical name coriandrum sativum: Coriander oil is distilled from the coriander sativum a colourless or slightly yellowish liquid having aromatic odour. Jeera (cumin seed); Cumin oil is distilled from the cumin seed and is used for medicine, flavouring and perfumery. It is a colourless or yellowish, limpid liquid having characteristic odour of cumin. Postak (poppy seed); botanical name papover somni-ferum: Poppy oil is a very pale, golden yellow liquid with pleasant taste and odour extracted from the seeds and it is used as food oil, artist's colours, varnishes and lubrication. Methi (Fenugreek); botanical name trigonella Foenum-graecum (vide p. 164, Vol. 9 of the Encyclopedia Britannica). It ...


Edible oil seed

Edible oil seed, the phrase 'edible oil-seed' mean only an oil seed which is edible as an oil-seed. Cotton-seed, not being edible, falls outside theclass of 'edible oil-seed', Girdhar Mal v. Dev Raj, AIR 1963 SC 1587 (1590). [Essential Supplies (Temporary Powers) Act, 1946, ss. 5, 3, 2]...


Stockholder

Stockholder, includes--(i) any State Government;(ii) any statutory functionary;(iii) voluntary agencies including foreign voluntary agencies, and(iv) any other person identified by the Authority:Which participate in any manner in activities related to disaster management. [Gujarat State Disaster Management Act, 2003, s. 2(u)]The expression 'stockholder' has been defined in the Order as meaning 'every person who is in possession or control of 150 kilograms or more of ground-nut oil... (b) 15 quintals or more of ground-nut oil or cake... (c) 15 quintals or more of ground-nut seeds... and (d) 20 quintals of ground-nut shell. The explanation thereto provides that edible oil, edible oil seeds and oilcakes in transit shall be presumed to be under the control of the owner thereof, State of Karnataka v. Krishna Bhima Walvakar, AIR 1981 SC 1468: (1981) 3 SCC 301: (1981) 3 SCR 829....


Oil vanaspati

Oil vanaspati, vanaspati, is essentially an oil al-though it is a different kind of oil than that oil (be it rapeseed oil, cotton-seed oil, ground-nut oil, soya bean oil or any other oil) which forms its basic ingredient. Oil will remain oil if it retains its essential properties and merely because it has been subjected to certain processes would not convert it into a different substance. The word 'oil' is not defined in the Act and therefore, its dictionary meaning may well be pressed into service for interpreting the term 'oil mill'. According to Webster's Third New International Dictionary (1966 Edn.) the word 'oil' has different connotations in different situations but in the context of item 5 aforesaid the meaning to be given to would be: Any of various substances that typically are unctuous viscous combustible liquids or solids easily liquefiable on warming and are not miscible with water but are soluble in ether, naphtha, and often alcohol and other organic solvents, that leave ...


VerbarMadia

A genus of composite plants of which one species Madia sativa is cultivated for the oil yielded from its seeds by pressure This oil is sometimes used instead of olive oil for the table...


Castor oil

A mild cathartic oil expressed or extracted from the seeds of the Ricinus communis or Palma Christi When fresh the oil is inodorous and insipid...


Sesame

Either of two annual herbaceous plants of the genus Sesamum S Indicum and S orientale from the seeds of which an oil is expressed also the small obovate flattish seeds of these plants sometimes used as food See Benne...


VerbarRicinus

A genus of plants of the Spurge family containing but one species Ricinus communis the castor oil plant The fruit is three celled and contains three large seeds from which castor oil is expressed See Palma Christi...


Benne

The name of two plants Sesamum orientale and Sesamum indicum originally Asiatic also called oil plant From their seeds an oil is expressed called benne oil or sesame oil used mostly for making soap In the southern United States the seeds are used in candy...


Groundnut

Groundnut, A seed is one which germinates. It is not disputed that the groundnut greminates. Hence it is undoubtedly seed. The next question is whether it is generally used for manufacture of oil. Here again, there can hardly be any doubt that groundnut is mostly used for the manufacture of groundnut oil which is used in the manufacture of dalda and other cooking media. Groundnut is one of the items which is mostly used in this country for the manufacture of cooking media, Avadh Suarr Mills Ltd. v. Sales Tax Officer, AIR 1973 SC 2440: (1974) 3 SCC 271: (1973) 3 SCR 546....


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