rapeseed oil

American  

[reyp-seed oil] / ˈreɪpˌsid ˌɔɪl /

noun

Chemistry.

1. Also called colza oil.  a brownish-yellow oil with unpalatable or toxic levels of erucic acid and glucosin, expressed from the seeds of the rapeseed plant and used chiefly as a lubricant and an illuminant and in the manufacture of rubber substitutes and biodiesel.

2. canola oil.

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rapeseed oil British  

noun

1. Also called: rape oil.   colza oil.  oil extracted from rapeseed, used as a lubricant, as a constituent of soaps, etc

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Etymology

Origin of rapeseed oil

First recorded in 1535–45

Example Sentences

Corrections & Amplifications A rise in demand for Canadian rapeseed oil helped spur broader vegetable-oil levels higher.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026

On a small farm in Gloucestershire, James Hygate began turning rapeseed oil into 'bio-diesel' for cars and trucks 20 years ago.

From BBC • Dec. 27, 2023

Tsvyk also will produce different products he knows he can sell without incurring exorbitant costs, such as sunflower and rapeseed oil, and lessen his reliance on grain exports.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 14, 2023

Russia and Ukraine are two of the world's key agricultural producers, and major players in the wheat, barley, maize, rapeseed, rapeseed oil, sunflower seed and sunflower oil markets.

From Reuters • Apr. 19, 2023

We imported in 1851, from Trance, 289 tuns of rapeseed oil, worth about £17,000, on which there was no duty levied.

From The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. by Simmonds, P. L.