Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of certain Old World annual plants of the genus Crambe in the mustard family, cultivated for their seeds, which yield a useful oil.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Cabbage.
- noun A genus of cruciferous plants, of which there are several species in Europe and western Asia.
- noun Same as
crambo .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun annual or perennial herbs with large leaves that resemble the leaves of cabbages
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The so-called psyche or butterfly is generated from caterpillars which grow on green leaves, chiefly leaves of the raphanus, which some call crambe or cabbage.
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In experiments, jojoba substitutes have been made from the oils of plants such as crambe, limnanthus (meadowfoam), lunaria, and rapeseed.
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Secondary products from high pressure hydrogenation of crambe oil.
Chapter 5 1953
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PETERS, J.E. and WOLFF, I.A. (1965) Evaluation of enzyme-modified, solvent-extracted crambe seed meal by chemical analyses and rat feeding.
Chapter 5 1953
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Degradation of lipids and glucosinolates in dehulled crambe seed during storage.
Chapter 5 1953
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CHANG, SHU-PE I, RIDGWAY, R. and RISER, G.R. (1975) Oligomeric plasticizers from crambe oilderived dicarboxylic acids for poly (vinyl chloride).
Chapter 5 1953
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Prepresssolvent extraction of crambe: First trial commercial run of new oilseed.
Chapter 5 1953
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And all the toil and ambition, the stress and hope of existence, seemed, so far as this life went, and before these new lights came, a mere sacrifice to this pointless reiteration of lives, this cosmic _crambe repetita_.
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And all the toil and ambition, the stress and hope of existence, seemed, so far as this life went, and before these new lights came, a mere sacrifice to this pointless reiteration of lives, this cosmic crambe repetita.
Mankind in the Making Herbert George 1903
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"Occidit miseros crambe" -- eh, you know how it goes on? '
The Giant's Robe F. Anstey 1895
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