RAPESEED

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Meaning:

Seed of rape plants; source of an edible oil

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("rapeseed" is a kind of...):

oil-rich seed; oilseed (any of several seeds that yield oil)

Meronyms (substance of "rapeseed"):

colza oil; rape oil; rapeseed oil (edible light yellow to brown oil from rapeseed used also as a lubricant or illuminant)

Holonyms ("rapeseed" is a substance of...):

Brassica napus; colza; rape (Eurasian plant cultivated for its seed and as a forage crop)