51. Oleum cocois.—Cocoanut oil.

Botanical name: 
Cocos nucifera
Preparations: 
Oils

51. OLEUM COCOIS.—COCOANUT OIL. A fixed oil expressed from the seeds of the tropical palm, Co'cos nucif'era Linné. A white solid, of the consistence of butter, and with a disagreeable odor. It is mostly used in soaps.

A Manual of Organic Materia Medica and Pharmacognosy, 1917, was written by Lucius E. Sayre, B.S. Ph. M.