flaxseed oil

English

Noun

flaxseed oil (countable and uncountable, plural flaxseed oils)

1. The oil of flaxseed, used as a food source of omega-3 fatty acid.

   Hypernyms: seed oil, < vegetable oil, < oil

   Coordinate terms: linseed oil (see notes), olive oil, palm oil; more

Usage notes

It is called flaxseed oil when raw and used as food. Linseed oil is used as a wood treatment, and is typically boiled, resulting in inedible polymerized fat.

Translations

oil of flaxseed used in cooking

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 亞麻油／亚麻油 (yàmáyóu), 亞麻籽油／亚麻籽油 (yàmázǐyóu)

• Czech: lněný olej m
• Danish: hørfrøolie c
• Finnish: pellavansiemenöljy
• French: huile de lin (fr) f
• German: Leinsamenöl (de) n
• Hungarian: lenolaj (hu), lenmagolaj (hu)
• Italian: olio di lino m
• Japanese: 亜麻仁油 (ja)
• Maori: hinu harakeke
• Portuguese: óleo de linhaça m
• Russian: льняно́е ма́сло n (lʹnjanóje máslo)
• Spanish: aceite de linaza (es) m
• Turkish: bezir (tr)
• Vilamovian: łȧjnȳł m

Further reading

• Linseed oil on Wikipedia.Wikipedia