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Record 1 2024-01-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fruits and Vegetables (Types and Processing - Food Ind.)
  • Vegetable Crop Production
CONT

Microgreens are young seedlings of edible vegetables and herbs. Unlike larger herbs and vegetables that take weeks or months to grow, microgreens can be harvested and eaten a week to 10 days after the cotyledon — a part of the embryo within the seed — leaves have developed.

Key term(s)
  • micro-green

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fruits et légumes (Types et traitement - Alimentation)
  • Production légumière
DEF

Plante récoltée au début du cycle de végétation et consommée sous forme de plantule comestible.

OBS

micropousse : désignation et définition publiées au Journal officiel de la République française le 12 septembre 2023.

Key term(s)
  • micro-pousse

Spanish

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