English

Camelina sativa

Noun

false flax ‎(uncountable)

1. Any of the several flowering plants of the genus Camelina, especially Camelina sativa, which is cultivated for oil.
   • 1992, Nikolaĭ Ivanovich Vavilov, Doris Löve (translator), Origin and Geography of Cultivated Plants, page 102,

     In the Caucasus (especially in Armenia and Georgia) and in Asia Minor as well as the Altai, but also in northern areas, where flax is grown together with garden rocket, the false flax, Camelina sativa and C. linicola, occur also as specialized weeds and at the same time as cultivated plants, and behave similarly to garden rocket (Tsinger, 1909).

   • 2007, Steven R. Radosevich, Jodie S. Holt, Claudio M. Ghersa, Ecology of Weeds and Invasive Plants, page 13,

     In Europe, large-seeded false flax (Camelina sativa) evolved several ecotypes that are closely associated with flax production.

   • 2008, Regine Andersen, Governing Agrobiodiversity: Plant Genetics and Developing Countries, page 17,

     Secondary crops comprised all the plants derived from what had been weeds that infested the primary crop fields and were found to be useful in their own right (for example rye, oats, false flax).

Synonyms

• (Camelina sativa): camelina, gold of pleasure