colza
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of colza
First recorded in 1705–15; from French, from Dutch koolzaad, equivalent to kool “cabbage” + zaad “seed”; see origin at cole, seed
Example Sentences
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A former schoolteacher, he began in 2009 raising wheat and colza, which yields a cooking oil.
From Washington Post • Apr. 14, 2022
Mineral oil was not discovered until nearly 60 years later, at which time, in country districts where gas was not available, the lights were tallow candles and colza oil.
From Time Magazine Archive
Certainly kerosene supplanted whale oil and also colza, but it was not supplanted by gas.
From Time Magazine Archive
The number obtained by Koettstorfer for colza was 178.7, by Messrs. Stoddart for rape oil, 175-179, and by Deering for rape oil, 170.8-175.5.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 488, May 9, 1885 by Various
The colza was thin; the oats only middling; and the corn sold very badly on account of its smell.
From Bouvard and Pécuchet A Tragi-comic Novel of Bourgeois Life by Flaubert, Gustave
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