English

Noun

rapeseed oil ‎(countable and uncountable, plural rapeseed oils)

1. a thick brownish-yellow oil expressed from rapeseed, used chiefly for lubricating and in the manufacture of soap and india-rubber

   The number of seconds taken by the oil to flow up to the 50 c.c. mark on the flask is noted, and the results brought into comparison with the viscosity of rape oil, that being the oil with which the apparatus is standardised.--Vivian Byam Lewes Oil Fuel (1913) vi. 177

   Rape-Oil is sweet, and on the contrary the Linseed bitter.--Pierre Pomet A Compleat History of Druggs (1712) I. 10

   Rape oyle that is used in Lampes and therefore called Lampe Oyle.--John Parkinson, Theatrum botanicum: the theater of plants, or an herball of a large extent (1640) 861

Synonyms

• rape oil

Coordinate terms

• canola oil
• linseed oil
• sunflower oil

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Anagrams

• oilseed rape