rape
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- noun
- /reɪp/
- Archaic
- The farmers planted rape to produce oil from its seeds.
- oilseed rape
- fields of rape
- oil from rape
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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).
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Processed vegetable oils from sunflower, soybean, rape, and other oil plants can be used as fuel in diesel engines.
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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
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A plant with seeds that make oil used for cooking and food for animals
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A plant with bright yellow flowers that farmers grow for seeds to make cooking oil and for animal feed
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A plant with bright yellow flowers grown for seeds that make oil and sometimes fed to animals
Idioms
Compounds
- Offensive
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A sexual act that someone forces on a person they know, often after a date
- Offensive
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8.5
Sex with a person younger than the age the law allows, even if both agree
- Offensive
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9.9
A claim that sex was forced after a person first agreed but later regretted it
- Slur
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9.9
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
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.