rape
4
8.6
- noun
- /reɪp/
- Archaic
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- The farmers planted rape to produce oil from its seeds.
- oilseed rape
- fields of rape
- oil from rape
OK, so I'm talking about canola oil, which is really the oil of the rape seed RAPE.
- OK, so I'm talking about canola oil, which is really the oil of the rape seed RAPE.
Examples
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Similar effects of cold treatment enhancing calli induction are reported in oilseed rape and broccoli (Gu et al., 2004; Yuan et al., 2011).
Academic text (2015) -
Processed vegetable oils from sunflower, soybean, rape, and other oil plants can be used as fuel in diesel engines.
Academic text (2002) -
OK, so I'm talking about canola oil, which is really the oil of the rape seed RAPE.
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A field of bright yellow rape blossoms can be seen across the countryside.
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Many regions cultivate rape as a key crop for both its oil and as animal feed.
Synonyms
1
4.4
A plant with seeds that make oil used for cooking and food for animals
A plant with bright yellow flowers that farmers grow for seeds to make cooking oil and for animal feed
A plant with bright yellow flowers grown for seeds that make oil and sometimes fed to animals
Idioms
Compounds
- Offensive
25
8.5
Sex with a person younger than the age the law allows, even if both agree
- Offensive
18
7.9
A sexual act that someone forces on a person they know, often after a date
- Slur
An offensive phrase used to say one person is unfairly treated in a divorce, often about money or child custody
- Offensive
An unwanted sexual touching of a person at an event entrance during a security check
- Offensive
A claim that sex was forced after a person first agreed but later regretted it
Surface Forms
Etymology
The plant name rape comes from Latin rapa, meaning 'turnip' or 'root vegetable', and refers to the oilseed plant also called 'rapeseed'; this plant name is unrelated to the violent senses of the other word.