colza oil

British  

noun

1. the oil obtained from the seeds of the rape plant and used in making lubricants and synthetic rubber

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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

Plenty of ventilation, without allowing actual wind to penetrate, should be provided, and only the best colza oil be used.

From Practical Taxidermy A manual of instruction to the amateur in collecting, preserving, and setting up natural history specimens of all kinds. To which is added a chapter upon the pictorial arrangement of museums. With additional instructions in modelling and artistic taxidermy. by Montagu Browne

Furneaux recognized the pungent scent of the colza oil used in policemen's lamps.

From The Strange Case of Mortimer Fenley by Louis Tracy

It is not easy to alter this, but colza oil will at least prevent the surface skinning over.

From Paper and Printing Recipes A Handy Volume of Practical Recipes, Concerning the Every-Day Business of Stationers, Printers, Binders, and the Kindred Trades by J. Sawtelle Ford

It was of white china and of alabastrous appearance, and it burned colza oil.

From Far Off Things by Arthur Machen