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such compounds being known as glycerides. They are of 
the greatest and most extensive use to man as foods, for 
lubrication and illumination, and in the making of paints 
and soaps. ‘They can be removed by dissolving in various 
substances, especially in ether, or by boiling or melting 
in hot water, from which they may then be skimmed off. 
A great many oils are extracted by pressure, the seeds 
containing the oil being pressed between plates, which may 
be heated or not, according to the circumstances. 
Numbers 1618-1625 represent coconut oil. Extracted 
from the seed of Cocos nucifera L. (See No. 441.) 
1618. Copra.—The dried kernel of the coconut, as prepared for export. 
1619. Another sample of the same. From the Philippine Islands. Presented 
by E. B. Southwick. 
1620. Coconut oil, No. 1. The oil, of first quality, expressed from the preceding. 
1621. Shipment coconut oil. A rather poor grade of the same. 
1622. Refined coconut oil. The crude oil purified by a process of refining. 
1623. Another sample of the same. Presented by Merck & Company, of New 
York. 
1624. Coconut oil cake.-—The cake or pumice remaining after the oil has been 
expressed. Largely used as a cattle food. 
1625. Coconut oil meal. The preceding, ground for use as cattle food. 
1626. Suberin.—A fat-like substance extracted from cork. 
1627. Hemp seed.—The fruit of a variety of Cannabis sativa L. (See No. 550.) 
1628. Hemp seed oil.—The oil expressed from the preceding. 
1629. Poppy seed. (See No. 1448.) From the New York drug market. 
1630. Poppy seed oil. ‘The oil expressed from the preceding. 
1631. Rape seed. (See No. 1524.) From the New York drug market. Presented 
by H. H. Rusby. 
1632. The oil expressed from the preceding. 
1633. Rape-seed meal.—The ground cake or pumice remaining after the expression 
of the above oil, ready for use as cattle food. 
1634. Black mustard. (See No. 1519.) 
1635. White or yellow mustard. (See No. 1522.) 
1636. Expressed or fixed oil of mustard.—The fixed oil expressed from the above 
seeds. 
1637. Mustard dross.—The finely broken shells of white mustard, obtained as a 
by-product when the seeds are ground. x 
1638. Carolina olive. Buffalo-nut.—The fruit of Pyrularia pubera Michx. (San- 
talaceae—Sandalwood Family). Native of the southeastern United 
States. Collected in 1904, in the mountains of North Carolina, by A. M. 
Huger. The expressed oil is used as a substitute for olive oil. 
1639. Sweet almonds.—The seed of Amygdalus communis L. (Drupaceae—Plum 
Family). Native of Persia and cultivated. From the New York market. 
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