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ASPARAGUS [2 records]

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Record 1 2016-09-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
  • Vegetable Crop Production
Universal entry(ies)
Asparagus officinalis
Latin
OBS

asparagus: preferred common name in the Inventory of Canadian Agricultural Weeds (2003).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
  • Production légumière
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Asparagus officinalis
Latin
OBS

asperge : nom à privilégier selon l'Inventaire des mauvaises herbes du Canada (2003).

Spanish

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Record 2 2013-08-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fruits and Vegetables (Types and Processing - Food Ind.)
DEF

A vegetable with long, tender shoots that may be white, purple or green in color, all belonging to a plant that is a member of the lily family.

OBS

This vegetable has small leaves that look like scales tightly packed near the tips, which are an especially popular part of the vegetable because of their soft to crunchy texture and mild flavor.

French

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

Partie comestible d'une plante potagère de la famille des liliacées, à tige souterraine et aux extrémités comestibles, c'est-à-dire la partie tendre et la pointe de la tige.

CONT

Asperge. [...] Ce légume, dont la couleur peut varier (verte, blanche, violette) comporte des actifs bénéfiques pour la santé.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Frutas y verduras (Tipos y procesamiento - Ind. alimentaria)
DEF

Yema comestible que produce la raíz de la esparraguera [planta de la familia de las Liliáceas].

CONT

La venta de espárragos envasados ha tenido un desarrollo importante en Francia durante los últimos años.

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