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canola

canola

13 3.4
A light cooking oil made from rapeseed plants that is low in saturated fat
  • noun
  • /kəˈnoʊlə/
  • US
translation icon : colza
  • Flour, sugar, water, eggs, canola oil, orange essential oil.
  • canola oil
  • canola meal
  • canola seed

That is in olive oil, not in canola or corn or soybean oil.

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Examples

  • Blue Hills has been transformed from a forested plain to a land of grain and canola, with well-maintained farmsteads dotting the countryside.

    Academic text (2002)
  • Here we're surrounded by miles and miles of wheat and canola fields and soaring mountains.

  • First the regular canola oil, very good.

  • No, you still got canola oil.

  • You know what canola oil is?

  • Look, they use canola oil, okay?

  • So they use canola oil instead of vegetable oil.

  • Ripe mayonnaise is made from canola oil, corn oil, soybean oil.

  • The pale golden oil, "canola oil," extracted from canola seeds, has a light, neutral taste with high heat resistance (El-Gammal, 2010).

    Academic text (2015)
  • To make the salad dressing, mix lemon juice with canola oil for a light flavor.

Synonyms

canola oil
vscanola
  • US
7 2.0

A light cooking oil that comes from rapeseed and has a mild taste

emphasizes specially bred seeds and lower saturated fat for health
rapeseed oil
vscanola
  • UK
1 3.2

A light yellow oil from the rapeseed plant used for cooking and as fuel or to oil machines

is bred for cooking use and a healthier fat profile

Compounds

7 2.0

A light cooking oil that comes from rapeseed and has a mild taste

Surface Forms

canola singular
canolas plural

Etymology

The word canola was coined in Canada from the phrase 'Canadian oil, low acid', often shown as CAN + O + LA. It named a specially bred rapeseed that made a healthier cooking oil, so canola today means a light vegetable oil low in saturated fat.