canola
/kəˈnəʊlə/ (bre, ipa) · [kənˈolə] /kəˈnəʊlə/ (ame, ipa) · [kənˈolə] /kə-ˈnō-lə How to pronounce canola (audio)/ (ame, mw)
canola — noun
1. a farm plant with small yellow flowers, grown for seeds that are pressed for coo
a farm plant with small yellow flowers, grown for seeds that are pressed for cooking oil and whose remaining meal is used in animal feed.
Bright canola covered the hills behind Elena's farmhouse in early May.
flowering canola as a farm crop
Rohan stopped the car to photograph the yellow canola beside the road.
After harvest, the farmer stored canola seed in a dry metal bin.
The school map marked which fields near town were planted with canola.
- rapeseed
the broader plant term, especially outside North America
- oilseed rape
common in British farming and product labels
文法句型
grow canola
fields of canola
canola seed
用法筆記
In North American food and farming English, canola usually names the crop itself or the seeds grown for oil. In British English, rapeseed or oilseed rape is often more common for the plant.
2. a mild cooking oil pressed from canola seeds, often used for frying, baking, and
a mild cooking oil pressed from canola seeds, often used for frying, baking, and salad dressings.
Asher fried the eggs in canola oil before packing breakfast.
fixed phrase: canola oil
The recipe uses canola because it keeps the cake light.
use canola for baking
Mira poured a little canola into the pan for the dumplings.
The cafe switched from butter to canola for its lunch muffins.
- canola oil
the full everyday label used on bottles and recipes
- rapeseed oil
a broader label, more common in British English
- vegetable oil
broader category term that may include canola among other oils
文法句型
cook with canola
canola oil
pour canola into a pan
用法筆記
Often treated as an uncountable noun when people talk about cooking: add canola, cook with canola, or buy canola oil. Distinguish from sense 1, which names the crop rather than the oil from it.