What is "camelina"

Camelina \Camelina\ n. a genus of annual and biennial herbs of Mediterranean to Central Asia.

Syn: genus Camelina.

n. The plant (taxlink Camelina sativa species noshow=1), sometimes cultivated for oilseed

Camelina is a genus within the flowering plant family Brassicaceae. The Camelina species, commonly known as false flax, are native to Mediterranean regions of Europe and Asia. Most species of this genus have been little studied, with the exception of Camelina sativa, historically cultivated as oil plant. Heinrich Johann Nepomuk von Crantz was the first botanist to use the genus Camelina in his classification works in 1762. As a way to reduce fossil fuel emissions, advocates of airborne fuel efficiency have begun to use a 50-50 mix of jet aviation fuel and biofuel derived from camelina seeds.