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  .
 
 
 
Similar sounding terms:  Pan·a·dol  pan·to·yl  pen·tyl  pon·tile 
 
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