Oleo Explained

Oleo is a term for oils. It is commonly used to refer to a variety of things:

• Colloquial term for margarine, a.k.a. oleomargarine
• Oleic acid
• Oleo strut, a type of shock absorbers on aircraft landing gear
• "Oleo" (composition), a musical composition by Sonny Rollins
  • Oleo (Grant Green album), a 1962 album featuring the above composition
  • Oleo (Lee Konitz album), a 1975 album featuring the above composition
  • Oleo (Joe McPhee album), a 1983 album featuring the above composition
  • Oleo (New York Unit album), a 1989 album featuring the above composition
• Óleo, a city in the São Paulo state in Brazil
• GNU Oleo, a (defunct) spreadsheet program
• Oleo drop, a kind of theater curtain

See also

• Olio (disambiguation)