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All plants photosythesise and so can use the suns energy to make chemicals like oils. Different parts of the plant and be pressed so the oils are released. They could also be boiled in water or a base oil and this breaks down the plants structure so that the chemicals are released. The water containing the oil can then to distilled so that the pure oil can be separated from the water.

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