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CAMELINA SATIVA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Camelina sativa mean? 

CAMELINA SATIVA (noun)
  The noun CAMELINA SATIVA has 1 sense:

1. annual European false flax having small white flowers; cultivated since Neolithic times as a source of fiber and for its oil-rich seeds; widely naturalized in North Americaplay

  Familiarity information: CAMELINA SATIVA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CAMELINA SATIVA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Annual European false flax having small white flowers; cultivated since Neolithic times as a source of fiber and for its oil-rich seeds; widely naturalized in North America

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Camelina sativa; gold of pleasure

Hypernyms ("Camelina sativa" is a kind of...):

crucifer; cruciferous plant (any of various plants of the family Cruciferae)

Holonyms ("Camelina sativa" is a member of...):

Camelina; false flax; genus Camelina (annual and biennial herbs of Mediterranean to central Asia)


 Context examples 


The oil extracted from the seeds of Camelina sativa.

(Camelina sativa Seed Oil, NCI Thesaurus)



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