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rapeseed oil

[ reyp-seed oil ]

noun

Chemistry.
  1. Also called col·za oil [kol, -z, uh, kohl, -]. a brownish-yellow oil with unpalatable or toxic levels of erucic acid and glucosin, expressed from the seeds of the rapeseed plant and used chiefly as a lubricant and an illuminant and in the manufacture of rubber substitutes and biodiesel.


rapeseed oil

noun

  1. oil extracted from rapeseed, used as a lubricant, as a constituent of soaps, etc Also calledrape oilcolza oil
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of rapeseed oil1

First recorded in 1535–45
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On a small farm in Gloucestershire, James Hygate began turning rapeseed oil into 'bio-diesel' for cars and trucks 20 years ago.

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It is made from a by-product from the linseed industry, plus natural fibre and rapeseed oil.

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Tsvyk also will produce different products he knows he can sell without incurring exorbitant costs, such as sunflower and rapeseed oil, and lessen his reliance on grain exports.

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Russia and Ukraine are two of the world's top agricultural producers, and major players in the wheat, barley, maize, rapeseed, rapeseed oil, sunflower seed and sunflower oil markets.

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Ukraine and Russia are two of the world's key agricultural producers, and major players in the wheat, barley, maize, rapeseed, rapeseed oil, sunflower seed and sunflower oil markets.

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