🇮🇹Italian Source WordCode: IT

olio di canola

Pronunciation / Transliteration: /ˈɔ.li.o di kaˈnɔ.la/

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Canola/kəˈnoʊ.lə/
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🇮🇹 Example Sentence in Italian:

"L'olio di canola è comunemente usato per cucinare."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    An edible vegetable oil derived from a variety of rapeseed that is low in erucic acid and glucosinolates.

    "She used canola oil to sauté the vegetables for a healthier meal."
  2. 2

    The rapeseed plant from which this oil is extracted.

    "Fields of bright yellow canola bloomed across the prairie landscape."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Coined in 1978 in Canada, the term is a portmanteau derived from 'CANadian OLil, Low Acid' (with the 'oil' modified to 'ola' for commercial purposes). It was originally developed by Canadian plant breeders to describe cultivars of rapeseed that yield edible oil low in erucic acid.

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