OLIVE OIL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does olive oil mean? 

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

1. oil from olives

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• OLIVE OIL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Oil from olives

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

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

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

Meronyms (substance of "olive oil"):

oleic acid (a colorless oily liquid occurring as a glyceride; it is the major fatty acid in olive oil and canola oil; used in making soap and cosmetics and ointments and lubricating oils)

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

olive (small ovoid fruit of the European olive tree; important food and source of oil)

 Context examples 

Next, researchers plan to see what happens to mice who are given olive oil at 12 months, when they are already showing symptoms.

(Study: Olive Oil Protects Brain From Alzheimer’s, VOA News)

The health benefits of olives — and associated natural products such as olive oil — have long been recognized and touted by proponents of the Mediterranean diet.

(Health Benefits of Olives and Olive Oil, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

The surfactant mannide monooleate in Montanide ISA 51 VG is derived from vegetable-grade (VG) oleic acid that was purified from olive oil.

(NY-ESO-1 Protein Vaccine Plus Montanide ISA-51 VG, NCI Thesaurus)

The olive oil extract/curcumin-based capsule is rich in phytonutrients, especially polyphenols.

(Olive Oil Extract/Curcumin-based Capsule, NCI Thesaurus)

Used mainly in cooking today, olive oil has been used for medicines and in cosmetics.

(Olive Oil, NCI Thesaurus)

The 186 people randomly assigned to the placebo group received 5 grams daily of olive oil (about 1 teaspoon) in identical capsules.

(Omega-3s from fish oil supplements no better than placebo for dry eye, National Institutes of Health)

The virgin olive oil is the healthiest option, which has already been proven in relation to diverse aspects of health.

(Long-term consumption of sunflower and fish oils damages the liver, University of Granada)

An injectable, isotonic, nutritional lipid emulsion composed of approximately 80% refined olive oil and 20% refined soybean oil, used for parenteral nutrition.

(Olive Oil/Soya Oil/Egg Lecithin-based Emulsion, NCI Thesaurus)

The surfactant mannide monooleate in Montanide ISA 51 VG contains vegetable-grade (VG) oleic acid derived from olive oil.

(Montanide ISA 51 VG, NCI Thesaurus)

The lipid emulsion portion contains soybean oil, medium-chain triglycerides, olive oil and fish oil; the amino acid solution contains alanine, arginine, glycine, histidine, leucine, isoleucine, lysine, methionine, phenylalanine, proline, serine, taurine, threonine, tryptophan, tyrosine, and valine.

(Electrolyte-free Parenteral Nutrition Emulsion, NCI Thesaurus)