[from the native name.] Carap oil: an oil obtained from the seeds of the Carapa guianensis, a large tree found in Guiana.
c. 1865. Letheby, in Circ. Sc., I. 95/1. A semi-solid oil, named Crab or Carapa oil.
1866. Treas. Bot., I. 220. s.v. Carapa, By pressure the seeds yield a liquid oil, called Carap oil or Crab oil, suitable for burning in lamps…. In this country it hardens into a solid fat.
