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nounThe seed of the rape plant (Brassica napus), used widely for animal feed and vegetable oil.
Origin
- Latinrāpa
- Middle Englishrape sede
- Englishrapeseed
From Middle English rape sede, rape seed, equivalent to rape (“rapeseed plant(s)”) + seed. As a meronym for the entire plant, from the need to distinguish the plant from the etymologically unrelated verb and act rape. In this context, rape is from Latin rāpa, from rāpum (“turnip”). Not to be confused with grapeseed.
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Ancient Greek βουνιάς
- βουνιάς (bouniás)rapeseed plant
Bulgarian ра́пично се́ме, ра́пица
- ра́пично се́ме (rápično séme)rapeseed seed
- ра́пица (rápica)rapeseed plant
Catalan colza
- colzarapeseed plant
Chinese Mandarin 油菜籽, 油菜
- 油菜籽 (yóucàizǐ)rapeseed seed
- 油菜 (yóucài)rapeseed plant
Czech řepka
- řepkarapeseed plant
Dutch koolzaad
- koolzaadrapeseed plant
Finnish rapsi, rapsinsiemen
- rapsirapeseed seed
- rapsinsiemenrapeseed seed
- rapsirapeseed plant
French colza
- colzarapeseed plant
German Rapssaat, Rapssamen
- Rapssaatrapeseed seed
- Rapssamenrapeseed seed
- Rübsamenrapeseed seed
- Rapsrapeseed plant
- Ackersenfrapeseed plant
- Wilder Senfrapeseed plant
Greek ελαιοκράμβη
- ελαιοκράμβη (elaiokrámvi)rapeseed plant
Hebrew לפתית
- לפתית (Liftit)rapeseed plant
Hindi कैनोला
- कैनोला (kainolā)rapeseed plant
Hungarian repce
- repcerapeseed plant
Icelandic repjufræ
- repjufrærapeseed seed
Italian colza
- colzarapeseed plant
Japanese 菜種, 菜の花
- 菜種 (natane)rapeseed seed
- 菜の花 (nanohana)rapeseed plant
Korean 유채, 평지
- 유채 (yuchae)rapeseed plant
- 평지 (pyeongji)rapeseed plant
Latin nāpus
- nāpusrapeseed plant
Latvian rapsis
- rapsisrapeseed plant
Lithuanian rapsas
- rapsasrapeseed plant
Māori kanōra
- kanōrarapeseed seed
Persian کلزا
- کلزا (kolzâ)rapeseed plant
Polish rzepak, rzepak
- rzepakrapeseed seed
- rzepakrapeseed plant
Portuguese canola
- canolarapeseed plant
Romanian rapiță
- rapițărapeseed plant
Russian рапс
- рапс (raps)rapeseed plant
Slovak repka olejná
- repka olejnárapeseed plant
Spanish canola, colza
- canolarapeseed plant
- colzarapeseed plant
Swedish raps
- rapsrapeseed plant
Thai ผักกาดก้านขาว
- ผักกาดก้านขาว (pàk gàat gâan kăao)rapeseed plant
Turkish kanola, kolza
- kanolarapeseed plant
- kolzarapeseed plant
Ukrainian ріпак
- ріпак (ripak)rapeseed plant
Vietnamese hạt cải dầu, cải dầu
- hạt cải dầurapeseed seed
- cải dầurapeseed plant
Yiddish קאַנאָלאַ אויל
- קאַנאָלאַ אויל (kanola oyl)rapeseed plant
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rapeseed. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rapeseed
“rapeseed.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rapeseed. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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