rapeseed

Rapeseed fields in bloom.

Meaning

The seed of the rape plant, Brassica napus, used widely for animal feed and vegetable oil.
The rape plant itself.

From rape#Etymology_4 + rape + seed. As a meronym for the entire plant, from the need to distinguish the plant from the etymologically unrelated verb and act rape. In this context, rape is from Latin rapa, from rāpum.

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