coleseedn.
/ˈkəʊlsiːd/, U.S. /ˈkoʊlˌsid/ΚΠ
c1000 Sax. Leechd. III. 72 Nim..cawel sæd & cyllelendran.
2. The seed of Brassica campestris or Napus, variant oleifera, the source of ‘rape’ or ‘sweet’ oil; also the plant, cultivated for its seed. [In this sense < Dutch or Low German c1600. It had long been cultivated in the Netherlands and North Germany; Gerarde (1597) had ‘heard it reported, that it [Nauew gentle] is at this day sowne in England for the same purpose.’]
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > plant, nut, or bean yielding oil > [noun] > coleseed or rapeseed plant > rapeseed
rapeseed?a1425
coleseed1670
1670 J. Evelyn Mem. (1857) II. 53 A rich harvest of hemp and cole-seed.
1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Marle Coleseed, Hop-Clover, or any other Sort of Grass Seeds, grow very well on marl'd Ground.
1787 W. Withering Brit. Plants (ed. 2) II. 708 Its seeds [Brassica Napus] which are called Cole seed, afford a large quantity of expressed oil, called Rape oil.
1799 J. Robertson Gen. View Agric. Perth 187 The ground is prepared for rape or cole-seed, in the same manner as for a crop of turnips.
1861 A. Pratt Flowering Plants & Ferns Great Brit. I. 144 Brassica Napus (Rape or Cole-seed)..Plant biennial.
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