cohune oil
- noun
- Specialized
:
aceite de cohune
- Traditional communities often use cohune oil for frying and other cooking purposes.
Examples
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Artisans sometimes incorporate cohune oil into their handmade soaps for added moisturizing qualities.
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The production of cohune oil plays a significant role in some Central American economies.
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I bought some cohune oil for cooking.
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Have you ever tried cohune oil in your recipes?
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Artisans sometimes incorporate cohune oil into their handmade soaps for added moisturizing qualities.
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Traditional communities often use cohune oil for frying and other cooking purposes.
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I bought some cohune oil to use in my favorite recipes.
Synonyms
11
1.5
An edible oil from inside coconuts used for cooking and skin care
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1.0
Oil from plants or seeds used to cook food
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2.9
A liquid taken from walnuts used for cooking and salad dressing
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3.2
A yellowish liquid from mustard seeds that people use for cooking and massage
A thick cooking oil from the nuts of a cohune palm that people also use to make soap
A thick fat from the nuts of a palm used for cooking and making soap
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly derivable from 'cohune' (a palm with oil-rich nuts) + 'oil' (plant-derived fat): a learner who knows both constituents would infer this is the oil or semisolid fat obtained from the cohune palm and used for cooking/soap. This is a straightforward noun–noun compound following common compositional patterns, so the sense is predictable to learners.
Etymology
The noun cohune oil comes from the nuts of the cohune palm, which people press to get oil used for cooking and for making soap. So, the name means 'oil from the cohune palm'.