COTTONSEED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cottonseed mean? 

• COTTONSEED (noun)
  The noun COTTONSEED has 1 sense:

1. seed of cotton plants; source of cottonseed oil

  Familiarity information: COTTONSEED used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COTTONSEED (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Seed of cotton plants; source of cottonseed oil

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("cottonseed" is a kind of...):

oil-rich seed; oilseed (any of several seeds that yield oil)

Meronyms (substance of "cottonseed"):

cottonseed oil (edible oil pressed from cottonseeds)

Holonyms ("cottonseed" is a part of...):

cotton; cotton plant (erect bushy mallow plant or small tree bearing bolls containing seeds with many long hairy fibers)

 Context examples 

Derived primarily from unrefined cottonseed oil, gossypol induces cell cycle arrest at the G0/G1 phase, thereby inhibiting DNA replication and inducing apoptosis.

(Gossypol, NCI Thesaurus)

The levo-enantiomer of an orally bioavailable polyphenolic aldehyde, derived primarily from unrefined cottonseed oil, with potential antineoplastic activity.

(L-Gossypol, NCI Thesaurus)

Levant cottonseed oil is a source of gossypol and has antispermacidal activity.

(Levant Cottonseed Oil, NCI Thesaurus)

The naturally occurring acetic acid form of gossypol, and an orally available polyphenolic aldehyde derived mostly from cottonseed with potential antineoplastic activity.

(Gossypol acetic acid, NCI Thesaurus)

It is found as a contaminant in peanuts, cottonseed meal, corn, and other grains.

(Aflatoxin B1, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Produced from renewable sources (among which soybean oil, animal fat, and cottonseed oil), this biofuel emits less pollutants than diesel does.

(Petrobras considers producing biodiesel from microalgae, Agência Brasil)

Cottonseed meal toxin may also act as a male contraceptive (a type of birth control).

(Cottonseed meal toxin, NCI Dictionary)

Cottonseed oil is used both as a cooking oil and a food ingredient.

(Cottonseed Oil, NCI Thesaurus)

Also called cottonseed meal toxin.

(Gossypol, NCI Dictionary)