colza

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Definition

From French colza, from Dutch koolzaad (“cabbage seed, (later) colza”), from Middle Dutch coolsaet, from kool (“cole”) + zaad (“seed”).

Here it is the vine, elsewhere the apple tree for cider, there colza, farther on cheeses and flax. — Madame Bovary, Gustave Flaubert
I'd be all right only the colzas ain't a-goin' to give much this year, and times are so hard that they are the only things worth while raisin'.” “Well, what can you expect? — Complete Original Short Stories of Guy De Maupassant, Guy de Maupassant
To this list we must also add the horse-radish, the colza, the seed of which produces an oil well adapted for lighting purposes; the crysimum, or hedge-mustard, a popular remedy in France for coughs; the shepherd's purse, which the Mexicans use as a decoction for washing wounds; and the Lepidium piscidium, employed by the natives of Oceanica for intoxicating fish, so as to catch them more easily. — Adventures of a Young Naturalist, Lucien Biart

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