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CAMELINA SATIVA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Camelina sativa mean?
• CAMELINA SATIVA (noun)
The noun CAMELINA SATIVA has 1 sense:
1. annual European false flax having small white flowers; cultivated since Neolithic times as a source of fiber and for its oil-rich seeds; widely naturalized in North America
Familiarity information: CAMELINA SATIVA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Annual European false flax having small white flowers; cultivated since Neolithic times as a source of fiber and for its oil-rich seeds; widely naturalized in North America
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Camelina sativa; gold of pleasure
Hypernyms ("Camelina sativa" is a kind of...):
crucifer; cruciferous plant (any of various plants of the family Cruciferae)
Holonyms ("Camelina sativa" is a member of...):
Camelina; false flax; genus Camelina (annual and biennial herbs of Mediterranean to central Asia)
Context examples
The oil extracted from the seeds of Camelina sativa.
(Camelina sativa Seed Oil, NCI Thesaurus)
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