rapeseed

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• rape seed, rape-seed

From rape (“rapeseed plant(s)”) +‎ seed. As a meronym for the entire plant, from the need to distinguish the plant from the etymologically unrelated verb and act rape. In this context, rape is from Latin rapa, from rāpum (“turnip”).

rapeseed (usually uncountable, plural rapeseeds)

1. The seed of the rape plant, Brassica napus, used widely for animal feed and vegetable oil.
2. The rape plant itself.

• (Brassica napus): rape, canola (a specific type)

• rapeseed oil

•   rapeseed on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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