colza
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of colza
First recorded in 1705–15; from French, from Dutch koolzaad, equivalent to kool “cabbage” + zaad “seed”; see origin at cole, seed
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Ukraine, which is a major exporter of corn, wheat, colza, sunflower seeds and vegetable oil, submitted its EU membership bid days after Russia's full-scale invasion in February 2022.
From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026
A former schoolteacher, he began in 2009 raising wheat and colza, which yields a cooking oil.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 14, 2022
Certainly kerosene supplanted whale oil and also colza, but it was not supplanted by gas.
From Time Magazine Archive
Mineral oil was not discovered until nearly 60 years later, at which time, in country districts where gas was not available, the lights were tallow candles and colza oil.
From Time Magazine Archive
The colza was thin; the oats only middling; and the corn sold very badly on account of its smell.
From Bouvard and Pécuchet A Tragi-comic Novel of Bourgeois Life by Gustave Flaubert
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