rape-seed oil

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• rape oil — rape′ oil n. chem. a brownish yellow oil expressed from rapeseed and used chiefly as a lubricant, an illuminant, and in the manufacture of rubber substitutes. Also called rape′seed oil • Etymology: 1535–45 …   From formal English to slang

• Rape — Rape, n. [L. rapa, rapum, akin to Gr. ra pys, ra fys, G. r[ u]be.] (Bot.) A name given to a variety or to varieties of a plant of the turnip kind, grown for seeds and herbage. The seeds are used for the production of rape oil, and to a limited… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Rape cake — Rape Rape, n. [L. rapa, rapum, akin to Gr. ra pys, ra fys, G. r[ u]be.] (Bot.) A name given to a variety or to varieties of a plant of the turnip kind, grown for seeds and herbage. The seeds are used for the production of rape oil, and to a… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Rape root — Rape Rape, n. [L. rapa, rapum, akin to Gr. ra pys, ra fys, G. r[ u]be.] (Bot.) A name given to a variety or to varieties of a plant of the turnip kind, grown for seeds and herbage. The seeds are used for the production of rape oil, and to a… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• rape — 1. n. & v. n. 1 a the act of forcing a woman to have sexual intercourse against her will. b forcible sodomy. 2 (often foll. by of) violent assault, forcible interference, violation. 3 poet. carrying off (esp. of a woman) by force. 4 an instance… …   Useful english dictionary

• rape-oil — n. Colza oil, oil of rape seed …   New dictionary of synonyms

• rape-cake — n. Refuse or marc of rape seed (after the oil has been expressed) …   New dictionary of synonyms

• rape — Ⅰ. rape [1] ► VERB 1) (of a man) force (another person) to have sexual intercourse with him against their will. 2) spoil or destroy (a place). ► NOUN ▪ an act or the crime of raping someone. ORIGIN originally denoting violent seizure of property …   English terms dictionary

• oil-seedrape — oil seed rape (oilʹsēd ) n. See rape2. * * * …   Universalium

• rape — rape1 rapable, rapeable, adj. rapist, raper, n. /rayp/, n., v., raped, raping. n. 1. the unlawful compelling of a woman through physical force or duress to have sexual intercourse. 2. any act of sexual intercourse that is forced upon a person. 3 …   Universalium

• seed and fruit — ▪ plant reproductive part Introduction       respectively, the characteristic reproductive (reproductive system, plant) body of both angiosperms (flowering plants) and gymnosperms (conifers, cycads, and ginkgos) and the ovary that encloses it.… …   Universalium