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Rape
Related Category: Plants
in botany, annual herb (Brassica napus) of the family Cruciferae ( family), belonging to the same genus as the cabbage, the mustard plant, and the turnip (which it resembles in appearance).
In upper Lake Michigan, especially on perched dunes you may find the rare fascicled broom rape. It is a threatened species.
If rape & dagger, fire & hellebore,
Have not yet prinked out with designs ornate
The common canvas of our wretched fate,
It is, alas, that our faint soul demurs. -Charles Baudelaire
(1821-1867) ...
Alternate name:
Rape
Family:
Brassicaceae, Mustard view all from this family ...
Ragged Robin, Ragwort, Ramping Fumitory, Ramsons, Rannoch Rush, Rape, Raspberry, Ratstail Fescue, Ray's Knotgrass, Red Bartsia, Red Campion, Red Clover, Red Currant, Red Dead-nettle, Red Fescue, Red Goosefoot, Red Helleborine, Red Hemp-nettle, ...
The Greek word for laurel is dhafni, named for the myth of the nymph Daphne, who was changed into a laurel tree by Gaea, who transformed her to help her escape Apollo's attempted rape. Apollo made the tree sacred and thus it became a symbol of honor.
napus - rutabaga, Siberian kale, rape-seed (from which canola oil is made)
B. narinosa - broad-beaked mustard, eaten raw or cooked
B. nigra - black mustard is grown for seeds that are made into the popular hot dog condiment
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Photosensitization has been reported in cattle after rape (B. napus) was consumed. There are also reports of abortions, goiter and blindness due to mustard consumption, but these are not major problems.
adulterations, resulting not only from careless harvesting and cleaning, whereby seeds of the flax dodder, and other weeds and grasses are mixed with it, but also from the direct admixture of cheaper and inferior oil-seeds, such as wild rape, mustard, ...
RELIGIOUS: Heather is carried as a guard against rape and violent crime. In potpourri, it adds protection. When burned with fern, it will bring rain.
In commercial agriculture and horticulture S. sclerotiorum is a major problem in lettuce, oilseed rape and sunflower production.
Annual bastard cabbage is also known as turnip-weed, common giant mustard, ball mustard, wild turnip, wild rape and tall mustard-weed. It is designated a terrestrial noxious-weed seed in the state of Texas.
Nombres relacionados: Aapusta repkova (eslovaco), Brassica campestris (similar), Brassicaceae (familia), Col verde (castellano), Nabo (castellano), Pai-ts'ai (chino), Rape (inglés).
In the summer, rape dust, guano, nitrate of soda and various patent Hopmanures are chopped in with the Canterbury hoe. Fish guano, or desiccated fish, is largely used; it is very stimulating and more lasting than some of the forcing manures.
 See also: Broom, Pink, Orchid, Dragon, Wormwood
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