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Then what's coconut oil? Coconuts are seeds.

• speg 4y ago
  Aren’t they nuts? Every time a story about oil comes up on HN I’m so confused. Everyone has different terms and expectations. Is there a one pager somewhere where we can all agree on some common ground?
• tempsy 4y ago
  It’s not really a gotcha. Seed oil isn’t a perfect term but if the oil comes from some seed that requires an extensive chemical process to extract, refine, and deodorize it’s a being referenced as a “seed oil” here. Coconut oil is not that. Neither is olive oil or avocado oil.
• akiselev 4y ago
  Coconuts are drupes (aka stone fruit) just like olives. Coconuts just have a fibrous outer layer instead of a fleshy outer layer like olives.