Oilseed crops
Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-004560
Primarily soybeans, and other crops such as peanuts, cottonseed, sunflower seed, flaxseed, safflower seed, rapeseed, sesame seed, castor beans, canola, rapeseed, and mustard seeds used to produce edible and/or inedible oils, as well as high-protein animal meal.
| Identifier | MLC-T-AGR-004560 |
|---|---|
| Field | Agriculture and food |
| Subject | Plant Production, Gardening |
| Synonyms | oil seed crops; oil seed plants; oilseed plants |
| References | USDA Glossary of Agricultural Terms; NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary (CC BY 4.0) |
| See also | Plants (botany); Attalea speciosa; Seed oils; Brassica rapa subsp. oleifera; Cocos nucifera; Helianthus annuus; Oilseed products; Crambe abyssinica; Glycine max; Elaeis guineensis; Oenothera biennis; Linum usitatissimum; Moringa oleifera; Sesamum indicum; Shorea robusta; Vitellaria paradoxa |
| Translations | Spanish: plantas de semillas oleaginosas |
Record as JSON
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"id": "MLC-T-AGR-004560",
"term": "Oilseed crops",
"field": "Agriculture and food",
"definition": "Primarily soybeans, and other crops such as peanuts, cottonseed, sunflower seed, flaxseed, safflower seed, rapeseed, sesame seed, castor beans, canola, rapeseed, and mustard seeds used to produce edible and/or inedible oils, as well as high-protein animal meal.",
"synonyms": [
"oil seed crops",
"oil seed plants",
"oilseed plants"
],
"subject": "Plant Production, Gardening",
"see_also": [
"plants (botany)",
"Attalea speciosa",
"seed oils",
"Brassica rapa subsp. oleifera",
"Cocos nucifera",
"Helianthus annuus",
"oilseed products",
"Crambe abyssinica",
"Glycine max",
"Elaeis guineensis",
"Oenothera biennis",
"Linum usitatissimum",
"Moringa oleifera",
"Sesamum indicum",
"Shorea robusta",
"Vitellaria paradoxa"
],
"references": [
"USDA Glossary of Agricultural Terms",
"NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
],
"translations": {
"es": "plantas de semillas oleaginosas"
},
"url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/oilseed-crops/"
}
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