RAPESEED OIL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does rapeseed oil mean? 

• RAPESEED OIL (noun)
  The noun RAPESEED OIL has 1 sense:

1. edible light yellow to brown oil from rapeseed used also as a lubricant or illuminant

  Familiarity information: RAPESEED OIL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RAPESEED OIL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Edible light yellow to brown oil from rapeseed used also as a lubricant or illuminant

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

colza oil; rape oil; rapeseed oil

Hypernyms ("rapeseed oil" is a kind of...):

oil (a slippery or viscous liquid or liquefiable substance not miscible with water)

Holonyms ("rapeseed oil" is a substance of...):

rapeseed (seed of rape plants; source of an edible oil)

 Context examples 

Rapeseed oil was traditionally used as an industrial lubricant but newer varieties are used for animal feed, vegetable oil for human consumption, and biodiesel.

(Brassica napus Oil, NCI Thesaurus)