canola

See also: Canola

English

Etymology

From Canola.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kəˈnoʊlə/
• Rhymes: -əʊlə

Noun

canola (countable and uncountable, plural canolas)

1. Any of a number of cultivars of rapeseed (Brassica napus) and closely related field mustard (Brassica rapa), which have a lower erucic acid and glucosinolate content than traditional rapeseed.
   • 1998, Phillip Thomas, U.S. Agricultural Trade: Canadian Wheat Issues:

     The approach taken in this study was to compare the risk management costs of wheat to that of two non-cwb-marketed Canadian grains: flax and canola.

   • 1997, Ronald R. Marquardt, Zhengkang Han, Enzymes in Poultry and Swine Nutrition: proceedings of the first Chinese Symposium on Feed:

     The carbohydrate component of canola meal accounts for about one third of the meal . . .

   • 2003, Jack LaLanne, Revitalize Your Life: Improve Your Looks, Your Health & Your Sex Life:

     For a salad dressing use olive or canola oil with lemon or vinegar and herb seasonings

Hypernyms

• rape
• rapeseed

 

Derived terms

• canola oil

 

Related terms

• acid
• Canada
• Canadian
• Canola
• low
• oil

 

Translations

cultivar of rapeseed Brassica napus — see colza

cultivar of field mustard Brassica rapa

• Finnish: rypsi (fi)
• German: Rübsen (de) m
• Maori: kanōra
• Portuguese: canola (pt) f
• Spanish: canola f

Further reading

• “canola”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

Anagrams

• Alcona

Portuguese

Noun

canola f (plural canolas)

1. canola

Spanish

Noun

canola f (plural canolas)

1. canola

Derived terms

• aceite de canola