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
Example Sentences
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A former schoolteacher, he began in 2009 raising wheat and colza, which yields a cooking oil.
From Washington Post • Apr. 14, 2022
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
Certainly kerosene supplanted whale oil and also colza, but it was not supplanted by gas.
From Time Magazine Archive
Who would have thought that the cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, kale, and kohlrabi are derivatives of one species, and rape or colza, turnip, and probably rutabaga, of another species?
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 34, August, 1860 by Various
The "Osprey" was the Government steamer which was to bring us our supplies for the winter, chiefly of colza oil,—and perhaps some coal.
From Christmas Eve and Christmas Day Ten Christmas stories by Hale, Edward E.
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