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Rapeseed or Grapeseed - What's the difference?

rapeseed | grapeseed |

As nouns the difference between grapeseed and rapeseed

is that grapeseed is the seed of the grape while rapeseed is the rape plant, Brassica napus, which produces a grain that is used widely for animal feed and vegetable oil.

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.

    • grapeseed

    English

    Alternative forms

    *grape seed

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • the seed of the grape
  • *1852 Alfred Velpeau - A Complete Treatise on Midwifery
  • *:The Corpus Luteum: . . . scarcely a month after conception, one of them might have contained a grapeseed , although its perforation was too small to admit a hempseed.

    • Derived terms

    *grapeseed oil