canola oil

[ kuh-noh-luh oil ]

noun

1. a rapeseed oil expressed from the seeds of several cultivars of canola, widely used as a cooking oil.

Word History and Origins

Origin of canola oil¹

First recorded in 1980–85

Example Sentences

Products must be free of processed sugar, bleached flour, canola oil and yeast extracts.

From Los Angeles Times

From Québec to British Columbia, honey bee colonies were given the job of pollinating some of Canada's most valuable crops -- apples, canola oil and seed, highbush and lowbush blueberry, soybean, cranberry and corn.

From Science Daily

The most common seed oils found at grocery stores include sesame oil, canola oil, sunflower oil, flaxseed oil, corn oil, grapeseed oil and soybean oil.

From Salon

This results in the rotation, fragmentation, and reassembly of canola oil molecules into smaller organic chains, including propylene, a high-energy fuel crucial for many industries.

From Science Daily

Lord said the iconic Spam can — which hasn’t changed since the early days — was fashioned after a canola oil can sliced in half.

From Seattle Times