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Colza vs Rapeseed - What's the difference?

colza | rapeseed |

As nouns the difference between colza and rapeseed

is that colza is a variety of cabbage (brassica oleracea ), cultivated for its seeds, which yield an oil, valued for illuminating and lubricating purposes while rapeseed is the rape plant, brassica napus , which produces a grain that is used widely for animal feed and vegetable oil.

colza

English

(Brassica oleracea) (Brassica oleracea)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A variety of cabbage (Brassica oleracea ), cultivated for its seeds, which yield an oil, valued for illuminating and lubricating purposes.
  • some other cole varieties

    • rapeseed

    English

    (wikipedia rapeseed) (Brassica napus)

    Alternative forms

    * rape seed, rape-seed

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • The rape plant, Brassica napus , which produces a grain that is used widely for animal feed and vegetable oil.
  • The seed of such plant.