Oil extracted from the kernels of one or more cultivated varieties of Arachis hypogaea (family Leguminosae); used as a solvent for intramuscular injections and in the preparation of foods. SYN: arachis oil.
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pea·nut oil 'pē-nət- n a colorless to yellow nondrying fatty oil that is obtained from peanuts and is used chiefly as a salad oil, in margarine, in soap, and as a vehicle in pharmaceutical preparations and cosmetics called also arachis oil
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[NF] the refined fixed oil obtained from peanuts (Arachis hypogaea); used as a solvent and oleaginous vehicle for drugs, and as a laxative in veterinary medicine. Called also arachis o. and groundnut o.Medical dictionary. 2011.