CAMELINA SATIVA

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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

Synonyms:

Camelina sativa; gold of pleasure

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Nouns denoting plants

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)

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