canola
/kəˈnəʊlə
/noun [mass noun]
Oilseed rape of a variety developed in Canada and grown in North America, which yields a valuable culinary oil.Vos has been experimenting with different seeding rates per acre for field peas as well as trying out different varieties of canola....
- The Swiss company, Bayer, had an application approved to grow genetically modified canola earlier this year.
- An extra 200,000 hectares of canola could be grown under conservation farming practices.
Origin
1970s: from Canada + -ola (based on Latin oleum 'oil').
Rhymes
- second hand
- second-hand smoke
- secondhand speech
- second honeymoon
- second in command
- second intention
- Second International
- Second Isaiah
- second lieutenant
- second line
- secondly
- second master
- second mate
- secondment
- second messenger
- second mortgage
- second name
- second nature
- secondo
- second of arc
- second officer
- second position
- second-rate
- second-rater
- second reading