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Brassica campestris
(gcide) | Rape \Rape\, n. [L. rapa, rapum, akin to Gr. "ra`pys, "ra`fys,
G. r["u]be.] (Bot.)
A name given to a variety or to varieties of a plant of the
turnip kind, grown for seeds and herbage. The seeds are used
for the production of rape oil, and to a limited extent for
the food of cage birds.
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Note: These plants, with the edible turnip, have been
variously named, but are all now believed to be derived
from the Brassica campestris of Europe, which by some
is not considered distinct from the wild stock
(Brassica oleracea) of the cabbage. See Cole.
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Broom rape. (Bot.) See Broom rape, in the Vocabulary.
Rape cake, the refuse remaining after the oil has been
expressed from the rape seed.
Rape root. Same as Rape.
Summer rape. (Bot.) See Colza.
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Brassica campestris
(gcide) | Navew \Na"vew\, n. [OE. navel, naveau, a dim. fr. L. napus
navew. Cf. Napiform.] (Bot.)
A kind of small turnip, a variety of Brassica campestris.
See Brassica. [Written also naphew.]
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Brassica campestris
(gcide) | Turnip \Tur"nip\ (t[^u]r"n[i^]p), n. [OE. turnep; probably fr.
turn, or F. tour a turn, turning lathe + OE. nepe a turnip,
AS. n[=ae]pe, L. napus. Cf. Turn, v. t., Navew.] (Bot.)
The edible, fleshy, roundish, or somewhat conical, root of a
cruciferous plant (Brassica campestris, var. Napus); also,
the plant itself. [Formerly written also turnep.]
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Swedish turnip (Bot.), a kind of turnip. See Ruta-baga.
Turnip flea (Zool.), a small flea-beetle ({Haltica,
striolata} syn. Phyllotreta striolata), which feeds upon
the turnip, and often seriously injures it. It is black
with a stripe of yellow on each elytron. The name is also
applied to several other small insects which are injurious
to turnips. See Illust. under Flea-beetle.
Turnip fly. (Zool.)
(a) The turnip flea.
(b) A two-winged fly (Anthomyia radicum) whose larvae live
in the turnip root.
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Brassica campestris
(gcide) | Brassica \Bras"si*ca\, prop. n. [L., cabbage.] (Bot.)
A genus of plants embracing several species and varieties
differing much in appearance and qualities: such as the
common cabbage (Brassica oleracea), broccoli, cauliflowers,
etc.; the wild turnip (Brassica campestris); the common
turnip (Brassica rapa); the rape or coleseed ({Brassica
napus}), etc.
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