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Definition of Olive oil

1. Noun. Oil from olives.

Definition of Olive oil

1. Noun. A vegetable oil, pressed from olives, and used in cooking and as a salad dressing; it is high in unsaturated fatty acids. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Olive oil

1. The expressed oil of the fruit of Olea europaea; used as a cholagogue, laxative, and emollient, in the preparation of liniments, and in the preparation of foods. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Olive Oil

Literary usage of Olive oil

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Biennial Report by California Dept. of Agriculture, California State Commission of Horticulture (1892)
"ADULTERANTS IN olive oil. The question of adulterants used in adulterating ... Merchants and others were found to adulterate olive oil with foreign agents, ..."

2. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1908)
"ON THE OXIDATION OF olive oil. BY AUGUSTUS H. GILL. Received February 14, 1908. Some years ago it became a question of the determination of the kind of ..."

3. American Druggist (1891)
"Tests of Purity of olive oil. WK have received from Messrs. James A. Hayes & Co., Boston, a pamphlet entitled " An Examination as to the Reliability of ..."

4. Official Catalogue by United States Centennial Commission (1876)
"olive oil. 662 1704 Mendonca, Joao Themudo de Oliveira, Abrantes, Santarem. ... olive oil. 662 1717 Oliveira Manuel Joaquim de Sendin, Miranda do Douro. ..."

5. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1890)
"THE ACTION OF olive oil ON THE SECRETION or BILE. Although there is nothing very new in the administration of olive oil for the relief of biliary colic, ..."

6. Food Inspection and Analysis: For the Use of Public Analysts, Health by Albert Ernest Leach (1920)
"olive oil should not show the cottonseed oil reaction with the Bechi and Halphen test, ... olive oil is the oil obtained from the sound, mature fruit of the ..."

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