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Terms in Italian 7171-7180 of 10470

olio

/OH-lyoh/
[Italian] plural oli

Oil

olio di arachide

[Italian]

Peanut oil (US: groundnut oil). Oil extracted from peanuts. It has a high melting point and smoke point and is ideal for deep frying. It has 20% saturated, 30% polyunsaturated and 50% monounsaturated fat.

olio di colza

/OHL-yoh dee KOLT-zah/
[Italian]

Rape seed oil (US: Canola oil).

olio di lino

/OH-lyoh dee LEE-noh/
[Italian]

Linseed oil

olio di sansa (di oliva)

/OH-loh dee SAN-sah/
[Italian]

When olives are crushed and milled the residue is called the sansa. It produces "olio di sansa" which, after treatment with some kind of acid, also counts as poor grade olive oil which may be mixed with some of the poorer cooking oils. And the final, totally squeezed and crushed remnants can be used as fertiliser.

olio di semi

/OH-loy dee SEH-mee/
[Italian]

Seed oil, usually indicating vegetable oil.

olio di semi di colza

/OH-loy dee SEH-mee dee KOLT-sah/
[Italian]

Rape seed oil (US: Canola oil).

olio d'oliva

/OH-lyoh doh'LEE-vah/
[Italian]

Olive oil

olio extra vergine (d'oliva)

/OH-lyoh EK-strah ver-JEE-neh doh'LEE-vah/
[Italian]

Extra virgin olive oil. The designation for finest cold pressed olive oil.

olio fino vergine

/OH-lyoh FEE-noh vehr-JEE-neh/
[Italian]

"Fine virgin oil." Olive oil with not more than 3.0% acidity.