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Concept information

Preferred term

oilseed crops

Type

  • Organism

Definition

  • Information 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.

Broader concept

Synonyms

  • oil seed crops
  • oil seed plants
  • oilseed plants

Has product

In other languages

URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/19516

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