canola

UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/kəˈnəʊlə/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(kan′l ə)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
can•o•la  (kan′l ə),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Agriculture, Plant Biologya variety of rapeseed that contains reduced levels of erucic acid, making its oil palatable for human consumption, and reduced levels of a toxic glucosin, making its meal desirable as a livestock feed.
  • of unexplained origin, originally

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
canola /kəˈnəʊlə/ n
  1. a cooking oil extracted from a variety of rapeseed developed in Canada
Etymology: 20th Century: from Can( ada) + -ola, from oleum

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