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Definition of Copra oil
1. Noun. Oil from coconuts.
Generic synonyms: Oil, Vegetable Oil
Substance meronyms: Cocoanut, Coconut
Lexicographical Neighbors of Copra Oil
Literary usage of Copra oil
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1921)
"(3) copra oil is the oil prepared in modern factories in Europe, United States,
... In the Manila market copra oil is sold as ' Cebú sun-dried,' ' fair ..."
2. A Practical Treatise on Animal and Vegetable Fats and Oils: Comprising Both by William Theodore Brannt, Karl Schaedler (1896)
"... the oil is sometimes called copra oil. Copra contains 60 to 70 per cent, of fat.
Indian copra. African copra. Oil 68.75 pc 66.80 pc ..."
3. Chemical Technology and Analysis of Oils, Fats, and Waxes by Julius Lewkowitsch (1904)
"(3) copra oil, the fat from the copra, ie the dried (sun-dried or kiln- dried)
kernels, shipped in enormous quantities to Europe, where the oil is either ..."
4. Tropical Holland by Henry Albert Willem van Coenen Torchiana (1921)
"The cocoanut palm, from which copra oil is derived, is a native of Insulinde
where it is called kalapa. It belongs to the family of fan palms. ..."
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