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  2. Types of plant oils - Wikipedia

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    Oil seeds are fed into the housing, where the screws mash the seeds, and create pressure which forces the oil out through small holes in the side of the press. The remaining solids, called seed cake, are either discarded or used for other purposes. [1] Oil presses can be either manual or powered.

  3. Water python - Wikipedia

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    The water python (Liasis fuscus) is a python species found in Australia and Papua New Guinea. No subspecies are currently recognized. [ 2 ] Like all other pythons, it is not venomous.

  4. Python (programming language) - Wikipedia

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    Python is a high-level, general-purpose programming language. Its design philosophy emphasizes code readability with the use of significant indentation. [33] Python is dynamically type-checked and garbage-collected. It supports multiple programming paradigms, including structured (particularly procedural), object-oriented and functional ...

  5. Elaiosome - Wikipedia

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    Many plants have elaiosomes that attract ants, which take the seed to their nest and feed the elaiosome to their larvae. After the larvae have consumed the elaiosome, the ants take the seed to their waste disposal area, which is rich in nutrients from the ant frass and dead bodies, where the seeds germinate .

  6. Grape seed oil - Wikipedia

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    Grape seed oil has a moderately high smoke point of approximately 216 °C (421 °F). The oil has a light taste and a high polyunsaturated fat content, making it suitable for use in salad dressings, mayonnaise and as a base for oil infusions of garlic, rosemary, or other herbs or spices. It is widely used in baked goods, pancakes, and waffles.

  7. Herbal distillate - Wikipedia

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    The distillate will contain compounds that vaporize at or below the temperature of distillation. The actual chemical components of these orange herbal distillates have not yet been fully identified, but plant distillates will usually contain essential oil compounds as well as organic acids and other water-soluble plant components.

  8. The Incredible Reason Sloths Grow Algae on Their Fur - AOL

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    The more moths that make the sloth fur their home, the more the algae can grow, and the greener the sloth fur becomes. The sloth has a perfect disguise, and the algae and the moths have a perfect ...

  9. Whale oil - Wikipedia

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    A bottle of whale oil. Whale oil is oil obtained from the blubber of whales. [1] Oil from the bowhead whale was sometimes known as train-oil, which comes from the Dutch word traan ("tear drop"). Sperm oil, a special kind of oil used in the cavities of sperm whales, differs chemically from ordinary whale oil: it is composed mostly of liquid wax ...