Oilseed - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: oilseedOil 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 ...
Oilseed
Seed from which oil is expressed as the castor bean also the plant yielding such seed See Castor bean...
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