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Canola¹

  • /kəˈnoʊlə/

Rhymes with -əʊlə

Where it comes from

Genericization of a trade name, of a rapeseed oil from Canada. Acronym of "Can"adian "o"il, "l"ow "a"cid.

noun

  1. uncountable Rapeseed oil; canola oil.

    Similar: canola, canola oil

Canola²

  • /kəˈnoʊlə/

Rhymes with -əʊlə

Where it comes from

Of Celtic origin, a misprint of Irish Cana Cludhmor.

proper noun

  1. Mythical inventor of the harp.
  2. A female given name.

canola³

  • /kəˈnoʊlə/

Rhymes with -əʊlə

Where it comes from

From Canola.

noun canolas

  1. countable, uncountable Any of a number of cultivars of rapeseed (Brassica napus) and closely related field mustard (Brassica rapa), which have a lower erucic acid and glucosinolate content than traditional rapeseed. The approach taken in this study was to compare the risk management costs of wheat to that of two non-cwb-marketed Canadian grains: flax and canola.

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noun cultivar of field mustard Brassica rapa

Españolcanola
Portuguêscanola
DeutschRübsen

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"canola." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/canola. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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canola. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/canola

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"canola." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/canola.

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@misc{canola_2026,
  title = {canola},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/canola},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}