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atocatière [1 record]

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Record 1 1995-06-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Farming Techniques
  • Culture of Fruit Trees
  • Food Industries
DEF

A low-lying, wet area of peat, muck, or gray, sandy, acid soil capable of being flooded and drained periodically which is used for the production of cranberries.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Techniques agricoles
  • Arboriculture fruitière
  • Industrie de l'alimentation
DEF

Terrain où l'on cultive l'atoca.

OBS

[...] canneberge désigne une plante et il faut dire airelles (d'Amérique) quand on veut parler de baies de l'atoca. On dira gelée de canneberge (au singulier) et gelée d'airelles (au pluriel) [...]

OBS

L'expression «pomme de pré» utilisé au Canada français est un régionalisme.

Key term(s)
  • tourbière à pommes de pré

Spanish

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