extra virgin or extra-virgin adjective
(of olive oil) of the best quality, extracted by pressing, not by chemical processes
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Main Entry: ↑extra
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extra virgin UK US adjective
extra virgin olive oil is the highest quality of oil, produced by pressing the whole fruit
extra virgin olive oil
Thesaurus: oils and fats used in cookinghyponym
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used to describe good quality oil obtained the first time that ↑olives are pressed
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extra virgin olive oil
Useful english dictionary. 2012.