canola en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /kəˈnoʊlə/
Etymology
From Canola.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) 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.
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.
1998, Phillip Thomas, U.S. Agricultural Trade: Canadian Wheat Issues:For a salad dressing use olive or canola oil with lemon or vinegar and herb seasonings
2003, Jack LaLanne, Revitalize Your Life: Improve Your Looks, Your Health & Your Sex Life:The carbohydrate component of canola meal accounts for about one third of the meal . . .
1997, Ronald R. Marquardt, Zhengkang Han, Enzymes in Poultry and Swine Nutrition: proceedings of the first Chinese Symposium on Feed:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| canolas | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Hypernyms
Relateds
Canada · oil · Canadian · Canola · low · acid
Translations (6)
mi kanōra (cultivar of field mustard Brassica rapa) · fi rypsi (cultivar of field mustard Brassica rapa) · de Rübsen (cultivar of field mustard Brassica rapa) · es canola (cultivar of field mustard Brassica rapa) · pl rzepak (cultivar of field mustard Brassica rapa) · pt canola (cultivar of field mustard Brassica rapa)