rapeseed

Betekenis (Engels)

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

Concepten

koolzaad

verkrachting

raapzaad

Synoniemen

canola

rape

colza

oil seed rape

oil rape

turnip rape

coleseed

mustard seed

Etymologie (Engels)

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”).