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rapeseed

/ˈɹeɪp.siːd/

rapeseed noun: the seed of the rape plant (Brassica napus), used widely for animal feed and vegetable oil.

rapeseed: the seed of the rape plant (Brassica napus), used widely for animal feed and vegetable oil
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Noun

rapeseed (usually uncountable, plural rapeseeds)

  1. (usually) The seed of the rape plant (Brassica napus), used widely for animal feed and vegetable oil.
    Synonyms:
    rape, canola
  2. (usually) The rape plant itself.

rapeseed meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Punjabi and Persian

rapeseed in Hindi

rapeseed plant
कैनोला kainolā

rapeseed in Urdu

سرسوں

rapeseed in Punjabi

rapeseed
سرہوں sarihoṉ

rapeseed in Persian

rapeseed plant
کلزا kolzâ
More languagesFewer languages
rapeseed in Thai
ผักกาดก้านขาว pàk gàat gâan kăao
rapeseed in Vietnamese
cải dầu, hạt cải dầu

Synonyms of rapeseed

Forms of rapeseed

pluralrapeseeds
alternative formrape seed
alternative formrape-seed

Origin of rapeseed

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.

Words formed from rapeseed

Phrases with rapeseed

Questions about rapeseed

What does rapeseed mean?
Rapeseed means the seed of the rape plant (Brassica napus), used widely for animal feed and vegetable oil.
What is rapeseed in Hindi?
Rapeseed in Hindi is कैनोला (kainolā). See Rapeseed meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is rapeseed?
Rapeseed is a noun.
How do you pronounce rapeseed?
Rapeseed is pronounced /ˈɹeɪp.siːd/.
What is the plural of rapeseed?
The plural of rapeseed is rapeseeds.

Words near rapeseed in the dictionary

  1. rapeplay
  2. raper
  3. rapera
  4. rapers
  5. rapes
  6. rapeseed
  7. rapeseed oil
  8. rapeseed oils
  9. rapeseeds
  10. rapestick
  11. rapetoy

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: rapeseed (page history and authors); rapeseed (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); سرہوں (Punjabi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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