colza

American  

[kol-zuh, kohl-] / ˈkɒl zə, ˈkoʊl- /

noun

1. rapeseed.

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colza British  

/ ˈkɒlzə /

noun

1. another name for rape 2

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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

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 produce of oil, compared with that of the poppy, is equal; with colza, as 32 to 28; with linseed, 32 to 21; with the olive, 32 to 16.

From The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. by Simmonds, P. L.

Oil of colza and tallow are extinguished, where naphtha, petroleum, and oil of bone, continue burning.

From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 289, December 22, 1827 by Various