| 单词 | long-rooted rape |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslong-rooted rape a. Either of two forms of Brassica napus, a plant related to the turnip but with smooth, glaucous leaves: (a) the navew, grown for its sweet, carrot-shaped roots (also † long rape ,† long-rooted rape) (now rare); (b) B. napus subsp. oleifera, as grown for its seeds, which yield an edible oil, and as green feed for livestock (also called coleseed, colza; see also oilseed rape n. at oilseed n. Compounds). 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 > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > vegetables > root vegetable > [noun] > turnip neepeOE rapea1398 rave?1440 turnip1539 knoll1669 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular vegetables > [noun] > root vegetables > turnip > types of rapea1398 round rape1559 nape1562 round turnip1599 yellow turnip1707 Indian turnip1735 tankard-turnip1744 orange jelly1769 white loaf1775 rutabaga1789 Swedish turnipc1791 Swedish turnipc1791 red-top1805 white top1807 Swede1812 yellow-top1838 ox-heart1846 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 245 Of seed of þe rape..is oyle y-made þat is nedefulle in many vse. c1450 tr. Palladius De re Rustica (Bodl. Add.) viii. 27 Two yere if neep [= turnip] in some lande sowen be It wol be rape, and rape in sum land sowe Wol ther ayenne uppe into neepes growe. 1548 W. Turner Names of Herbes sig. E.vj I haue hearde some cal it [sc. napus] in englishe a turnepe, and other some a naued or a nauet, it maye be called also longe Rape or nauet gentle. 1562 W. Turner 2nd Pt. Herball f. 113 The long rooted rape groweth very plenteously a litle from Linne where as much oyle is made of the sede of it. 1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 179 There be three sorts of wilde Turneps; one our common Rape, which beareth the seed whereof is made rape oile. 1651 R. Child Large Let. in S. Hartlib Legacie 11 To sowe Turneps, Carrets,..Pease, Rape. 1705 R. Beverley Hist. Virginia iv. 56 It was formerly said of the Red-top Turnip, that there in three or four Years time, it degenerated into Rape. 1796 C. Marshall Introd. Knowl. & Pract. Gardening xvi. 332 Rape, or coleseed, is sown for a sallad herb, to be eat while in the seed leaf. 1852 G. W. Johnson Cottage Gardeners' Dict. 768/1 Rape (edible-rooted). This name may be applied to a variety of the rape mentioned by Mr. Dickson... Its root is white and carrot-shaped. 1889 G. S. Boulger Uses of Plants III. 133 Rape..yields from its seeds an oil still largely used for lamps and lubricating. 1913 L. C. Corbett Garden Farming ix. 454 One would naturally expect to find the specific name rapa used for the true rape, but for some reason..the botanists confused these names at an early day, and we now have Brassica napus as the specific name for rape. 1937 S. F. Armstrong Brit. Grasses (ed. 3) xv. 305 When mixtures are sown on newly broken land it is an advantage to sow them with some Italian Rye-grass and Rape, which within a few weeks afford some light grazing for sheep. 1976 Western Producer (Saskatoon, Sask.) 24 June c7/2 A field of rape shining glowing and bright—as yellow as any field of mustard. 1983 M. Stansfield New Herdsman's Bk. iv. 5 Rape and early planted kale are other alternative feeds which can supplement grass in the summer and early autumn. 2005 Managem. Today Dec. 49 Derived from vegetable oil crops such as rape and soya, biodiesel can be used in existing diesel-engined vehicles. < as lemmas |
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