单词 | coleseed |
释义 | coleseedn.ΚΠ c1000 Sax. Leechd. III. 72 Nim..cawel sæd & cyllelendran. 2. The seed of Brassica campestris or Napus, variant oleifera, the source of ‘rape’ or ‘sweet’ oil; also the plant, cultivated for its seed. [In this sense < Dutch or Low German c1600. It had long been cultivated in the Netherlands and North Germany; Gerarde (1597) had ‘heard it reported, that it [Nauew gentle] is at this day sowne in England for the same purpose.’] ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > plant, nut, or bean yielding oil > [noun] > coleseed or rapeseed plant colec1000 rapea1398 navew1527 navet1530 rapeseed?1533 coleseed1670 colza1712 French turnip1731 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > plant, nut, or bean yielding oil > [noun] > coleseed or rapeseed plant > rapeseed rapeseed?a1425 coleseed1670 1670 J. Evelyn Mem. (1857) II. 53 A rich harvest of hemp and cole-seed. 1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Marle Coleseed, Hop-Clover, or any other Sort of Grass Seeds, grow very well on marl'd Ground. 1787 W. Withering Brit. Plants (ed. 2) II. 708 Its seeds [Brassica Napus] which are called Cole seed, afford a large quantity of expressed oil, called Rape oil. 1799 J. Robertson Gen. View Agric. Perth 187 The ground is prepared for rape or cole-seed, in the same manner as for a crop of turnips. 1861 A. Pratt Flowering Plants & Ferns Great Brit. I. 144 Brassica Napus (Rape or Cole-seed)..Plant biennial. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1000 |
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