Meaning & use
Colza
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Rapeseed, or the oil pressed from its seeds, historically used for lamp fuel, lubrication, and cooking.
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Before electric lighting, many households burned colza oil in their lamps.
Fields of colza turn bright yellow across the countryside each spring.
A note on using this word
"Colza" comes from the Dutch "koolzaad" ("cabbage seed") and was the common English name for rapeseed oil before "canola" became the popular term for the edible variety.
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rapeseedcanola
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