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linseed oil

yellowish oil obtained from the dried, ripened seeds of the flax plant
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linseed oil

Summary

linseed oil is a seed oil[1]. It draws 5,234 Wikipedia views per month (seed_oil category, ranking #1 of 6).[2]

Key Facts

  • linseed oil's instance of is recorded as seed oil[3].
  • linseed oil is made of flaxseed[4].
  • linseed oil is used for cooking oil[5].
  • linseed oil is used for drying oil[6].
  • linseed oil is used for wood finishing[7].
  • linseed oil is used for binder[8].
  • linseed oil is used for painting material[9].
  • linseed oil's Commons category is recorded as Linseed oil[10].
  • linseed oil's color is recorded as yellow[11].
  • linseed oil's color is recorded as amber[12].
  • linseed oil's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Linseed oil[13].
  • linseed oil's Commons gallery is recorded as Linseed oil[14].
  • linseed oil's described by source is recorded as Collier's New Encyclopedia, 1921[15].
  • linseed oil's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[16].
  • linseed oil's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[17].
  • linseed oil's natural product of taxon is recorded as Linum usitatissimum[18].
  • linseed oil's flash point is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25267', 'amount': '+222'}[19].
  • linseed oil's autoignition temperature is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25267', 'amount': '+343'}[20].
  • linseed oil's by-product is recorded as linseed cake[21].
  • linseed oil's exact match is recorded as http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00003976[22].
  • linseed oil's water footprint is recorded as {'unit': 'Q57899268', 'amount': '+9415'}[23].

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Definition and Type

linseed oil's instance of is recorded as seed oil[3].

Use and Application

Recorded has use include cooking oil[5], drying oil[6], wood finishing[7], binder[8], and painting material[9].

Why It Matters

linseed oil draws 5,234 Wikipedia views per month (seed_oil category, ranking #1 of 6).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] It is known by 36 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . spectrumchemical.com. Retrieved . spectrumchemical.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . spectrumchemical.com. Retrieved . spectrumchemical.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . Environment Ontology. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . The green, blue and grey water footprint of crops and derived crop products. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [24] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [25] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Autoignition temperature → {'unit': 'Q25267', 'amount': '+343'}
    Instance of → seed oil
    By-product → linseed cake
    Aliases → —
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007531521405171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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