canola
See also: Canola
English
editEtymology
editFrom Canola.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editcanola (countable and uncountable, plural canolas)
- 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
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editTranslations
editcultivar of rapeseed Brassica napus — see colza
cultivar of field mustard Brassica rapa
Further reading
edit- “canola”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
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editPortuguese
editNoun
editcanola f (plural canolas)
Spanish
editNoun
editcanola f (plural canolas)
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