oiticica oil
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oiticica oil
[‚ȯid·ə′sē·kə ‚ȯil] (materials)
A light-yellowish oil obtained from seeds of the Brazilian oiticica tree (Licania rigida); raw oil becomes buttery unless heat-treated (semipolymerized); used principally in paint and varnish as a drying oil as a substitute for tung oil or with tung oil.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
References in periodicals archive
Williams, Vice Consul, American Consulate General, Brazilian
Oiticica Oil, Rio de Janeiro, October 23, 1939, NA, RG 166 Foreign Agricultural Service Narrative Reports (1920-1941), Brazil: Credit-Finance (Box 18).
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