oil-plant

[ oil-plant ]

noun

1. any of several plants, as the castor-oil plant or sesame, the seeds of which yield an oil.

Word History and Origins

Origin of oil-plant¹

First recorded in 1840–50

Example Sentences

Juwarree, fifteen feet high, teff, chilies, onions, oil-plant, and cotton, in many parts artificially irrigated, flourished with the utmost luxuriance on a rich-black soil, under a climate resembling that of the more favoured spots in Western India.

From Project Gutenberg

Arnold gave no final figures on oil-plant destruction, but "we feel confident the results will measure well when laid against the final yardstick . . . the battle of Germany."

From Time Magazine Archive