rape wine

A poor thin wine from the last dregs of raisins which have been pre ed. ( Sim monds.) rāpe (3), s. [O. Fr. rabe, rave, from Lat. rap a = a turnip, a rape; cognate with Greek rhapus =a turnip.] Botany , Agric ., & c .: Two species (?) of Bra ica. Summer Rape is Bra ica campestris , and Winter Rape B. nap us . Sir J. Hooker regards the latter as a sub-species of the former, and the turnip as another sub-species. B. campestris proper has the root tuberous, the radical leaves hispid. It is the Swedish turnip. B. nap us, the Rape properly so called, has the root fusiform, and the leaves all glabrous and glaucous. It is cultivated as a salad plant, and is sometimes also used in lieu of greens. Called also Cole seed (q. v.).