oil-rich seed

3.7

A seed that contains a lot of oil used to make cooking oil and other oils

noun

: semilla oleaginosa

Sunflower is an example of an oil-rich seed used to produce cooking oil.

Examples

Farmers often rotate crops to include oil-rich seeds like canola and flax.
The demand for oil-rich seeds has increased due to the popularity of plant-based diets.
The oil-rich seed is essential for producing cooking oil.
Farmers often grow oil-rich seeds to increase their income.
Sunflower is an example of an oil-rich seed used to produce cooking oil.
Farmers often rotate crops to include oil-rich seeds like canola and flax.
The demand for oil-rich seeds has increased due to the popularity of plant-based diets.

Synonyms

oilseed

vsoil-rich seed

1 5.2

A plant or seed grown to make oil

is specifically the plant part that stores high amounts of oil for extraction

How Oily

oil-rich seed

3.7

oiled

4 3.7

oil-bearing

Specialized

1 5.1

dry

791 1.0

Surface Forms

oil-rich seed singular

oil-rich seeds plural

Morphology

oil-rich + seed

The phrase 'oil-rich seed' is compositionally transparent: 'oil-rich' means 'rich in oil' and 'seed' refers to the plant part, so the overall meaning 'a seed containing a high amount of oil' follows directly from the constituents. This adjective + noun pattern is common in English (and cross-linguistically), so a B1 learner who knows 'oil', 'rich', and 'seed' would readily infer the meaning.

Etymology

Oil-rich seed comes from a simple picture: a seed so full of oil it is rich, like a small sack of oil that can be pressed to make cooking or other oils. That's why the name means 'a seed with a lot of oil'.