rapeseed
pronunciation
How to pronounce rapeseed in British English:
UK ['reɪpsi:d]
How to pronounce rapeseed in American English:
US ['reɪpsid]
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- Noun:
- seed of rape plants; source of an edible oil
Word Origin
Example
- 1. Prices of other crops including barley , corn and rapeseed , also jumped sharply .
- 2. Increasing areas of farmland are now being devoted to growing rapeseed ( brassica napus ) , with their brilliant yellow flowers .
- 3. It was a small car - more of a kart , really - that used things like hemp and rapeseed for the bodywork .
- 4. Zhang yuankui had harvested his rapeseed ; now he fretted over whether he could plant rice in time for september 's crop .
- 5. Ethanol and other biofuels consume large amounts of agricultural commodities such as corn and rapeseed .