COCONUT OIL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does coconut oil mean? 

• COCONUT OIL (noun)
  The noun COCONUT OIL has 1 sense:

1. oil from coconuts

  Familiarity information: COCONUT OIL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COCONUT OIL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Oil from coconuts

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

coconut oil; copra oil

Hypernyms ("coconut oil" is a kind of...):

oil; vegetable oil (any of a group of liquid edible fats that are obtained from plants)

Holonyms ("coconut oil" is a substance of...):

cocoanut; coconut (large hard-shelled oval nut with a fibrous husk containing thick white meat surrounding a central cavity filled (when fresh) with fluid or milk)

 Context examples 

Octanoic acid is found naturally in the milk of various mammals and is a minor component of coconut oil and palm kernel oil.

(Octanoic Acid, NCI Thesaurus)

Myristic acid is found naturally in palm oil, coconut oil and butter fat.

(Myristic Acid, NCI Thesaurus)

In addition to its use as a food ingredient and cooking oil, coconut oil is commonly used in skincare preparations and soaps.

(Coconut Oil, NCI Thesaurus)

Lauric acid is found naturally in various plant and animal fats and oils, and is a major component of coconut oil and palm kernel oil.

(Lauric Acid, NCI Thesaurus)

Against bed bugs and ticks, DEET lost its effectiveness after about three days, while the coconut oil compound lasted for about two weeks.

(Coconut Oil Compounds Repel Insects Better than DEET, U.S. Department of Agriculture)

DEET was only 50 percent effective against stable flies, while the coconut oil compound was more than 95 percent effective.

(Coconut Oil Compounds Repel Insects Better than DEET, U.S. Department of Agriculture)

In addition, the compound showed strong repellency against mosquitoes when higher concentrations of coconut oil compounds were topically applied.

(Coconut Oil Compounds Repel Insects Better than DEET, U.S. Department of Agriculture)

Coconut oil itself is not a repellent, Zhu emphasized.

(Coconut Oil Compounds Repel Insects Better than DEET, U.S. Department of Agriculture)

USDA-Agricultural Research Service scientists have identified coconut oil fatty acids that have strong repellency and long-lasting effectiveness against ticks, biting flies, mosquitoes and bed bugs.

(Coconut Oil Compounds Repel Insects Better than DEET, U.S. Department of Agriculture)

Coconut oil fatty acids also provided more than 90 percent repellency against mosquitoes—including Aedes aegypti, the mosquito that can transmit the Zika virus.

(Coconut Oil Compounds Repel Insects Better than DEET, U.S. Department of Agriculture)