gold-of-pleasure

gold-of-pleasure
gold-of-pleasure gold-of-pleasure n. (Bot.) An annual European false flax ({Camelina sativa}) having small white flowers; cultivated since Neolithic times as a source of fiber and for its oil-rich seeds; widely naturalized in North America.

Syn: gold of pleasure, {Camelina sativa}. [WordNet 1.5]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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