canola
/kəˈnəʊlə
/noun [mass noun]
Oilseed rape of a variety developed in Canada and grown in North America, which yields a valuable culinary oil.Vos has been experimenting with different seeding rates per acre for field peas as well as trying out different varieties of canola....
- The Swiss company, Bayer, had an application approved to grow genetically modified canola earlier this year.
- An extra 200,000 hectares of canola could be grown under conservation farming practices.
Origin
1970s: from Canada + -ola (based on Latin oleum 'oil').
Rhymes
- superlight
- superliminary
- superlineal
- superlinear
- superloo
- superluminal
- superluminally
- superlunar
- superlunary
- supermajority
- supermale
- superman
- supermanhood
- supermania
- supermanism
- supermanliness
- supermanly
- supermarginal
- supermarine
- supermarket
- supermarket cart
- supermarketeer
- supermarket giant
- supermarketing
- supermarket tabloid