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  2. Olive oil - Wikipedia

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    Olive oil is a liquid fat obtained by pressing whole olives, the fruit of Olea europaea, a traditional tree crop of the Mediterranean Basin, and extracting the oil.. It is commonly used in cooking for frying foods, as a condiment, or as a salad dressing.

  3. Quizlet - Wikipedia

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    [6] [7] [8] Quizlet's blog, written mostly by Andrew in the earlier days of the company, claims it had reached 50,000 registered users in 252 days online. [9] In the following two years, Quizlet reached its 1,000,000th registered user. [10] Until 2011, Quizlet shared staff and financial resources with the Collectors Weekly website. [11]

  4. List of olive cultivars - Wikipedia

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    a common Turkish green olive, a table olive and grown for oil [4] [15] Dritta: Italy a variety of olive tree typical of the DOP area known as Aprutino Pescarese in the province of Pescara (Abruzzo). Its olives yield an extra virgin olive oil featuring extraordinary chemical and organoleptic qualities. Empeltre: Spain

  5. Olive - Wikipedia

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    The olive, botanical name Olea europaea, meaning 'European olive', is a species of small tree or shrub in the family Oleaceae, found traditionally in the Mediterranean Basin, with wild subspecies found further afield in Africa and western Asia. When in shrub form, it is known as Olea europaea ' Montra ', dwarf olive, or little olive.

  6. List of vegetable oils - Wikipedia

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    Common in the tropics, and unusual in composition, with medium chain fatty acids dominant. [6] Corn oil, one of the principal oils sold as salad and cooking oil. [7] Cottonseed oil, used as a salad and cooking oil, both domestically and industrially. [8] Olive oil, used in cooking, cosmetics, soaps, and as a fuel for traditional oil lamps.

  7. Animal fat - Wikipedia

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    The type of fat that is used for energy storage is known as adipose tissue. [7] This adipose tissue is made up adipocytes which store the energy in the chemical bonds of triglycerides. [ 5 ] [ 7 ] [ 8 ] For example, prior to an animal going through hibernation, an animal will build up large reserves of adipocytes to ensure it has the energy to ...

  8. Olive oil extraction - Wikipedia

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    Olive oil is produced in the mesocarp cells, and stored in a particular type of vacuole called a lipo vacuole, i.e., every cell contains a tiny olive oil droplet. Olive oil extraction is the process of separating the oil from the other fruit contents (vegetative extract liquid and solid material).

  9. Controlled-environment agriculture - Wikipedia

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    CEA farms are mainly located in buildings resembling warehouses, but other types of are used as well. Although CEA facilities share common characteristics for greenhouses, mushroom farms, and other indoor agricultural practices, they require different types of buildings, technologies, and workforce skills, such as software programming.