Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A woolen material with small basket-pattern and loose upstanding hairs.
- Same as
Camelidœ or Cameloidea. - noun Treacle-mustard; wormseed.
- noun [capitalized] A genus of plants, natural order Cruciferœ.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun a genus of annual and biennial herbs of Mediterranean to Central Asia.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The plant Camelina sativa, sometimes cultivated for
oilseed
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun annual and biennial herbs of Mediterranean to central Asia
Etymologies
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Examples
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A weedy-looking flowering plant called camelina currently looks like the best shot at success; the U.S.
How can Boeing, our biggest exporter, get foreign airlines to buy more planes? Martha C. White 2010
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On Monday, she was applauding a $25 million, five-yearU.S. Department of Agriculture grant designed to put thousands of acres of largely-marginal Eastern Washington farmland to work growing a product called "camelina sativa."
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Already this summer, Boeing flew jets to the Paris Air Show using camelina, which is manufactured into a product with a molecular structure identical to that of petroleum jet fuel.
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Sustainable Oils solidly supports both agricultural and green energy initiatives with camelina, which is efficiently and economically grown even on marginal lands, harvested with traditional equipment, and requires minimal water.
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Linnaeus is hoping to get some of the qualities of castor oil from camelina, which is beginning to attract interest among farmers because it's drought tolerant, it's suitable for marginal agricultural land, and it's a sparse fertilizer user, among other attributes.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed Martin Mittelstaedt 2010
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The company supports both agricultural and green energy initiatives with camelina, which is efficiently and economically grown even on marginal lands, harvested with traditional equipment, and requires minimal water.
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While reluctant to call camelina a wonder plant, Todaro said it could produce 100 to 200 gallons of camelina oil an acre, or about 1 billion gallons a year.
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The flight tests blended Hydrotreated Renewable Jet HRJ, an eco-friendly alternative from sources including animal fats or plant extracts such as camelina, with traditional JP-8 jet fuel.
Pratt & Whitney Military Engines Power Biofuel Tests for U.S. Air Force - Yahoo! Finance 2011
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Potential sources include algae, agriculturally based oilseeds such as camelina, wood byproducts and others.
JuneauEmpire.com 2010
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Aviation biofuel is made from plants such as jatropha, halophytes and camelina, or from waste material such as used cooking oil or animal fat, whereas normal jet fuel is made from non-renewable fossil fuel.
Lufthansa Makes Biofuel-Powered Commercial Flight Kaveri Niththyananthan 2011
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