Colza (Noun)
Meaning
Eurasian plant cultivated for its seed and as a forage crop.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- The fields were planted with colza to provide forage for the livestock during the dry season.
- Colza seeds are used to produce vegetable oil for human consumption and biofuel.
- Farmers often rotate between planting wheat and colza to maintain soil quality.
- The caterpillars of the white Pieris butterfly feed exclusively on plants of the Brassicaceae family, including colza.
- Researchers are working to genetically engineer colza to be more resistant to drought and heat.