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rape [ rayp ]


noun 
Definition:
 
oilseed plant of mustard family: a commercially grown annual plant of the cabbage family. Flowers: bright yellow. Use: oil, fodder. Latin name Brassica napus.
[14th century. < Latin rapa "turnip"]
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