canola
/kəˈnoʊlə/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 2.74 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
3
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A female given name.
noun
Any of a number of cultivars of rapeseed (Brassica napus) and closely related field mustard (Brassica rapa), which have a lower erucic acid and glucosinolate content than traditional rapeseed.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "The approach taken in this study was to compare the risk management costs of wheat to that of two non-cwb-marketed Canadian grains: flax and canola."
- "The carbohydrate component of canola meal accounts for about one third of the meal . . ."
- "For a salad dressing use olive or canola oil with lemon or vinegar and herb seasonings"
Etymology
Genericization of a trade name, of a rapeseed oil from Canada. Acronym of "Can"adian "o"il, "l"ow "a"cid.