vegetable oil

oil extracted from seeds, or less often, from other parts of fruits
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vegetable oil

Summary

vegetable oil ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (762 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • vegetable oil is a type of cooking oil[2].
  • vegetable oil is a type of food ingredient[3].
  • vegetable oil is a type of vegetable fat[4].
  • vegetable oil is a type of fuel[5].
  • vegetable oil is used for motor fuel[6].
  • vegetable oil is used for cosmetics[7].
  • vegetable oil is used for food[8].
  • vegetable oil's Commons category is recorded as Vegetable oils[9].
  • vegetable oil is the opposite of animal oil[10].
  • vegetable oil's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Vegetable oils[11].
  • vegetable oil's described by source is recorded as Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language[12].
  • vegetable oil's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[13].
  • vegetable oil's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[14].
  • vegetable oil's topic has template is recorded as Template:Vegetable oils[15].
  • vegetable oil's different from is recorded as mineral oil[16].
  • vegetable oil's exact match is recorded as http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00003975[17].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include cooking oil[2], food ingredient[3], vegetable fat[4], and fuel[5]. vegetable oil is the opposite of animal oil[10].

Use and Application

Recorded has use include motor fuel[6], cosmetics[7], and food[8].

Why It Matters

vegetable oil ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (762 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] It is known by 33 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  14. [15] . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] . Environment Ontology. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 1d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from mineral oil
    Topic has template Template:Vegetable oils
    Subclass of cooking oil, food ingredient, vegetable fat +1
    Aliases
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|10 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 6480, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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