rapeseed

English edit

Rapeseed fields in bloom.

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Brassica napus

Alternative forms edit

rape seed, rape-seed

Etymology edit

From rape (“rapeseed plant(s)”) +‎ seed. As a meronym for the entire plant, from the need to distinguish the plant from the etymologically unrelated verb and act rape. In this context, rape is from Latin rapa, from rāpum (“turnip”).

Noun edit

rapeseed (usually uncountable, plural rapeseeds)

The seed of the rape plant, Brassica napus, used widely for animal feed and vegetable oil.
The rape plant itself.

Synonyms edit

(Brassica napus): rape, canola (a specific type)

Derived terms edit

rapeseed oil

Translations edit

rapeseed seed

Bulgarian: рапично семе n (rapično seme)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 油菜籽 (zh) (yóucàizǐ)
Finnish: rapsi (fi) (collectively), rapsinsiemen (individual)
Georgian: რაფსის თესლი (rapsis tesli)
German: Rapssaat f, Rapssamen m, Rübsamen m
Icelandic: repjufræ n
Japanese: 菜種 (ja) (なたね, natane)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: kolza
Vietnamese: hạt cải dầu
Walloon: golzå (wa) m

rapeseed plant

Armenian: սևուկ (hy) (sewuk)
Azerbaijani: raps sg
Breton: kolzaenn f
Bulgarian: рапица f (rapica)
Catalan: colza (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 油菜 (zh) (yóucài)
Czech: řepka (cs) f
Dutch: koolzaad (nl)
Finnish: rapsi (fi)
French: colza (fr) m
Georgian: თალგამურა (talgamura)
German: Raps (de) m, Ackersenf m, Wilder Senf m
Greek:
Ancient: βουνιάς f (bouniás)
Hebrew: לפתית (Liftit)
Hindi: कैनोला (kainolā)
Hungarian: repce (hu)
Italian: colza (it) f
Japanese: 菜の花 (ja) (なのはな, nanohana)
Kazakh: рапс (raps)
Korean: 유채 (ko) (yuchae), 평지 (ko) (pyeongji)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: kolza
Latin: nāpus m
Latvian: rapsis m
Lithuanian: rapsas m
Occitan: còlza f
Persian: کلزا (kolzâ)
Polish: rzepak (pl) m
Portuguese: canola (pt) f
Russian: рапс (ru) m (raps)
Scots: raps
Slovak: repka olejná (sk) f
Spanish: canola f, colza f
Swedish: raps (sv) c
Tatar: рапс (raps)
Thai: ผักกาดก้านขาว (pàk gàat gâan kăao)
Turkish: kanola, kolza (tr)
Ukrainian: ріпак m (ripak)
Uzbek: raps (uz)
Vietnamese: cải dầu
Walloon: golzå (wa) m
Yiddish: קאַנאָלאַ אויל (kanola oyl)

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Translations to be checked

Italian: ^{(please verify)} ravizzone (it) f

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