camelina sativa

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camelina sativa - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  gold-of-pleasure \gold-of-pleasure\ n. (Bot.)
     An annual European false flax (Camelina sativa) having
     small white flowers; cultivated since Neolithic times as a
     source of fiber and for its oil-rich seeds; widely
     naturalized in North America.
  
     Syn: gold of pleasure, Camelina sativa.
          [WordNet 1.5]

  Oilseed \Oil"seed`\, n. (Bot.)
     (a) Seed from which oil is expressed, as the castor bean;
         also, the plant yielding such seed. See Castor bean.
     (b) A cruciferous herb (Camelina sativa).
     (c) The sesame.
         [1913 Webster]

camelina sativa - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Camelina sativa
      n 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
           [syn: gold of pleasure, Camelina sativa]