camelina sativa



From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:


gold-of-pleasure \gold-of-pleasure\ n. (Bot.)
   An annual European false flax (Camelina sativa) having
   small white flowers; cultivated since Neolithic times as a
   source of fiber and for its oil-rich seeds; widely
   naturalized in North America.

   Syn: gold of pleasure, Camelina sativa.
        [WordNet 1.5]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:


Oilseed \Oil"seed`\, n. (Bot.)
   (a) Seed from which oil is expressed, as the castor bean;
       also, the plant yielding such seed. See Castor bean.
   (b) A cruciferous herb (Camelina sativa).
   (c) The sesame.
       [1913 Webster]














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