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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The rape plant or its seed.
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- noun The
rape plant,Brassica napus , which produces a grain that is used widely for animal feed and vegetable oil. - noun The
seed of such plant.
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- noun seed of rape plants; source of an edible oil
Etymologies
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rape + seed
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skipvia commented on the word rapeseed
See oilseed rape.
November 10, 2007