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Record 1 2007-05-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Vegetable Crop Production
  • Food Industries
DEF

Any plant part that is eaten either cooked or raw during the principal part of a meal rather than a dessert.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Production légumière
  • Industrie de l'alimentation
DEF

Nom générique de toutes les plantes potagères dont certaines parties (feuille, racine, tubercule, bulbe, fruit, graine, fleur, tige) peuvent entrer dans l'alimentation humaine.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Producción hortícola
  • Industria alimentaria
OBS

Aunque utilizados como sinónimos en diferentes países, los términos hortaliza y verdura son cosas distintas. A decir de la Real Academia Española, una hortaliza o legumbre es toda planta comestible que se cultiva en las huertas y una verdura es el tipo de hortalizas que tiene hojas verdes.

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