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• sassafras oil go
  oil from root bark of sassafras trees
  
• calamus oil go
  carcinogenic oil from calamus root used as a perfume
  
• mustard oil go
  oil obtained from mustard seeds and used in making soap
  
• rape oil, rapeseed oil, colza oil go
  edible light yellow to brown oil from rapeseed used also as a lubricant or illuminant
  
• safflower oil go
  oil from safflower seeds used as food as well as in medicines and paints
  
• hydnocarpus oil go
  oil from seeds of trees of the genus Hydnocarpus especially Hydnocarpus wightiana (Hydnocarpus laurifolia)
  
• babassu oil, babacu oil go
  fatty oil from kernels of babassu nuts similar to coconut oil
  
• cohune-nut oil, cohune oil, cohune fat go
  semisolid fat from nuts of the cohune palm
  
• almond oil, expressed almond oil, sweet almond oil go
  pale yellow fatty oil expressed from sweet or bitter almonds
  
• pennyroyal oil, hedeoma oil go
  aromatic oil from American pennyroyal
  
• hyssop oil go
  used chiefly in liqueurs
  
• spike lavender oil, spike oil go
  pale yellow essential oil obtained from spike lavender used in scenting soaps and cosmetics
  
• pennyroyal oil go
  oil from European pennyroyal having an odor like mint
  
• croton oil go
  viscid acrid brownish-yellow oil from the seeds of Croton tiglium having a violent cathartic action
  
• fuel oil, heating oil go
  a petroleum product used for fuel
  
• animal oil go
  any oil obtained from animal substances
  
• camphor oil go
  oil distilled from camphor resin
  
• grease, lubricating oil go
  a thick fatty oil (especially one used to lubricate machinery)
  
• essential oil, volatile oil go
  an oil having the odor or flavor of the plant from which it comes
  
• mineral oil go
  a distillate of petroleum (especially one used medicinally as a laxative or stool softener)
  
• motor oil go
  oil used to lubricate the moving parts of a motor
  
• fixed oil, fatty oil go
  nonvolatile animal or plant oil
  
• fusel oil go
  a mixture of amyl alcohols and propanol and butanol formed from distillation of fermented liquors
  
• stand oil go
  a thick oil comprised of linseed, tung, or soya oils which have been heated to over 300 C
  
• neroli oil go
  an odoriferous yellow oil found in orange flowers and used in perfumery and as a flavoring
  
• tall oil go
  an oil derived from wood pulp and used in making soaps or lubricants
  
• oil, petroleum, crude oil, crude, rock oil, fossil oil go
  a dark oil consisting mainly of hydrocarbons
  
• shale oil go
  oil extracted from oil shale by heating
  
• linseed oil, flaxseed oil go
  a drying oil extracted from flax seed and used in making such things as oil paints
  
• tung oil, Chinese wood oil go
  a yellow oil obtained from the seeds of the tung tree
  
• chaulmoogra oil go
  an oil from chaulmoogra trees
  
• lemongrass, lemon grass, lemongrass oil go
  an aromatic oil that smells like lemon and is widely used in Asian cooking and in perfumes and medicines