rapeseed
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- noun
- /ˈreɪpˌsiːd/
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- Farmers grow rapeseed primarily to harvest its seeds, which are then processed into oil.
- rapeseed oil
- rapeseed and soybean
And so these are oils that are chemically made in a factory from things like rapeseed, grapes, grapeseeds, safflower seeds, sunflower seeds.
- And so these are oils that are chemically made in a factory from things like rapeseed, grapes, grapeseeds, safflower seeds, sunflower seeds.
Examples
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Mix 1 avocado with 2 tablespoons each of lightly heated rapeseed and olive oil.
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Grain-storage huts, shaped like quonset huts and covered with plastic, squat in the fields, some yellow with rapeseed.
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Rapeseed oil is a common food in China and India.
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Over their shoulders, brilliant yellow acres of rapeseed are in full flower.
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Biodiesel can be refined from soybeans, rapeseed, and other plants.
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Approximately 1,000 stations in Germany alone sell biodiesel made from rapeseed oil, which is known as canola oil in the United States.
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Reduce the amount of total fat, and choose heart-friendly fats like olive oil, rapeseed, and soya oil.
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The buildings swam in a sea of bright yellow rapeseed—the raw material of biodiesel fuel.
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The European Commission is using legislative measures and directives to promote biodiesel, produced mainly in Europe, made from rapeseeds and sunflower seeds.
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Average modern Americans are polyunsaturated and hydrogenated mainly from vegetable oils derived from soy, corn, safflower, sunflower, and rapeseed.
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Synonyms
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A plant with yellow flowers grown for oil from its seeds
A plant with bright yellow flowers that farmers grow for seeds to make cooking oil and for animal feed
Compounds
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A light yellow oil from the rapeseed plant used for cooking and as fuel or to oil machines
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Rapeseed comes from the Latin word rapa, which means 'turnip' or a similar root vegetable, so rapeseed literally means the 'seed' of a turnip-like plant. That's why the name fits a plant grown for its oil-rich seeds.