canola

See also: Canola

English

Etymology

From Canola.

Noun

canola (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

Derived terms

• canola oil

Translations

cultivar of rapeseed Brassica napus

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Finnish: rypsi (Brassica rapa), rapsi (fi) (Brassica napus)
• French: colza (fr) m
• German: Rübsen (de) m (Brassica rapa), Raps (de) m (Brassica napus)

• Italian: colza (it) f
• Russian: рапс (ru) m (raps)
• Spanish: colza f

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Bulgarian: ^{(please verify)} рапично олио (rapično olio)

• Persian: ^{(please verify)} کلزا

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Portuguese

Noun

canola f (plural canolas)

1. canola

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Spanish

Noun

canola f (plural canolas)

1. canola