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Definition of Colza

1. Noun. Eurasian plant cultivated for its seed and as a forage crop.

Definition of Colza

1. n. A variety of cabbage (Brassica oleracea), cultivated for its seeds, which yield an oil valued for illuminating and lubricating purposes; summer rape.

Definition of Colza

1. Noun. A variety of cabbage (''Brassica oleracea''), cultivated for its seeds, which yield an oil, valued for illuminating and lubricating purposes. ¹

2. Noun. some other cole varieties ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Colza

1. a plant of the cabbage family [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Colza

Literary usage of Colza

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Treatise on Applied Analytical Chemistry by Vittorio Villavecchia (1918)
"colza OIL AND OTHER CRUCIFEROUS OILS. The more common oils of the ... All have very similar characters and properties. colza oil and ..."

2. Lubrication and Lubricants: A Treatise on the Theory and Practice of by Richard Mountford Deeley, Leonard Archbutt (1900)
"Rape (colza) Oil.—Commercial rape or colza oil is obtained from the seeds ... proper, cultivated in France and Belgium under the name 'colza,' yields colza ..."

3. Animal and Vegetable Fixed Oils, Fats, Butters, and Waxes: Their Preparation by Charles Romley Alder Wright (1894)
"Rape Seed and colza Oils.—Several species of Brassica exist, ... Thus Schadler divides these oils into three classes, viz. :— colza nil ..."

4. Lectures to Farmers on Agricultural Chemistry by Alexander Petzholdt (1846)
"OIL-PLANTS. mounted on the layer of colza. They led the horses four or five ... The colza, thus trodden out, was then immediately turned over by several men ..."

5. A Practical Treatise on Animal and Vegetable Fats and Oils: Comprising Both by William Theodore Brannt, Karl Schaedler (1896)
"Rape seed and colza oils. The oils extracted from the seed of the different species of Brassica closely resemble one another, and in Great Britain and the ..."

6. A Treatise on Friction and Lost Work in Machinery and Millwork by Robert Henry Thurston (1889)
"colza Oil is expressed from the seeds of the wild-cabbage, Brassica oleracea, and is largely used for illumination and to some extent for lubrication in ..."

7. Legal chemistry: A Guide to the Detection of Poisons, Examination of Stains by Alfred Naquet, Jesse Park Battershall (1876)
"EXAMINATION OF colza OIL. a. The oil is treated with sulphuric acid of sp. gr. ... 1.330 : pure colza oil is not affected ; if poppy and fish oils are ..."

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