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corn oil

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corn oil
n.
A pale yellow liquid obtained from the embryos of corn grains, used especially as a cooking and salad oil and in the manufacture of margarines.

corn oil
n
(Cookery) an oil prepared from maize, used in cooking and in making soaps, lubricants, etc.
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Noun1.corn oil - oil from the germs of corn grains
vegetable oil, oil - any of a group of liquid edible fats that are obtained from plants
corn - the dried grains or kernels or corn used as animal feed or ground for meal
linoleic acid, linolic acid - a liquid polyunsaturated fatty acid abundant in plant fats and oils; a fatty acid essential for nutrition; used to make soap
Translations
corn oil nolio di mais


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Ingredients: 2 cups flour 1 1/3 cup sugar 100gm butter (room temperature) 1/2 cup corn oil 5 eggs 3 teaspoons baking powder (BP) (1 1/4 packet) 1 teaspoon vanilla Juice of 1 lemon 3 teaspoons cinnamon powder Pinch grated nutmeg 5 medium Egyptian apples (peeled and chopped into cubes) 12 cubes each.
Moreover, corn oil is high in the essential fatty acid, linoleic acid as well as vitamin E.
In this study, researchers fed one group of mice a diet containing corn oil and another group a diet containing canola oil, then recorded the incidence of breast cancer and changes to breast cancer regulating genes in the offspring.
 
 
 
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