corn oil

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   oil from the germs of corn grains

   Broadervegetable oil

Questions about corn oil

What does corn oil mean?

corn oil means "oil from the germs of corn grains".

Is corn oil a common word?

corn oil is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.