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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
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PRONUNCIATION:  rp
NOUN: A European plant (Brassica napus) of the mustard family, cultivated as fodder and for its seed that yields a valuable oil. Also called colza, oil-seed rape.
ETYMOLOGY:Middle English, from Old French, from Latin rpa, pl. of rpum, turnip.
 
 
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