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rape

16 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. 1) rape (noun)
  2. 2) rape (verb)
  3. 3) rape (noun)
  4. 4) rape (noun)
  5. rape butterfly (noun)
  6. rape cake (noun)
  7. acquaintance rape (noun)
  8. date rape (noun)
  9. date-rape (verb)
  10. date rape drug (noun)
  11. gang rape (noun)
  12. naked broom rape (noun)
  13. statutory rape (noun)
  14. summer rape (noun)
  15. winter rape (noun)
  16. wild radish (noun)

1rape

noun \ˈrāp\

Definition of RAPE

: an Old World herb (Brassica napus) of the mustard family grown as a forage crop and for its seeds which yield rapeseed oil and are a bird food — compare canola

Origin of RAPE

Middle English, from Latin rapa, rapum turnip, rape; akin to Old High German rāba turnip, rape, Lithuanian ropė
First Known Use: 14th century

Other Agriculture/Gardening Terms

fallow, graft, heirloom, loam, potash, soilage, swath, tilth, windfall

Rhymes with RAPE

ape, cape, chape, crape, crepe, drape, gape, grape, jape, nape, scape, scrape, shape, tape

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