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YELLOW GRASS [7 records]

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Record 1 2016-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fruits and Vegetables (Types and Processing - Food Ind.)
  • Vegetable Crop Production
  • Botany
Universal entry(ies)
Barbarea verna
Latin
OBS

Scurvy grass : A common name for Barbarea verna, a biennial weedy plant. It grows to 2 feet, with irregularly divided leaves and small yellow flowers in clusters in early spring. Often gathered as an edible green. Also known as early winter cress, Belle Isle cress, American cress, land cress, or upland cress.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fruits et légumes (Types et traitement - Alimentation)
  • Production légumière
  • Botanique
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Barbarea verna
Latin

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Frutas y verduras (Tipos y procesamiento - Ind. alimentaria)
  • Producción hortícola
  • Botánica
Entrada(s) universal(es)
Barbarea verna
Latin
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Record 2 2004-11-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
  • Animal Pests (Crops)
CONT

The sod webworm is an off-white or tan-coloured caterpillar, about 2 cm long, that lives in the thatch layer of grass. Depending upon the species, it may have rows of darker spots along its back. If you have noticed small, whitish-brown moths flying above the lawn in the summer, you may have seen the adult stage of the sod webworm, the lawn moth. The adults are about 1 cm long with a wingspan of 2 cm. When at rest, they hold their wings close to their bodies. Two horns, forming a shape like a snout, protrude from their heads.

OBS

The first signs of sod webworm injury are small patches of yellow or brown grass on the lawn. If the infestation worsens, the brown patches join together, producing large, irregular areas of dying grass.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
  • Animaux nuisibles aux cultures

Spanish

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Record 3 2002-06-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Toponymy
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
DEF

Small watercourse.

CONT

Yellow Grass Ditch, Sask.

OBS

ditch: rare; generic used in Man. and Sask.

OBS

ditch: term and definition approved by the Geographical Names Board of Canada (GNBC) (formerly named the Canadian Permanent Committee on Geographical Names -- CPCGN) within the scope of its glossary (BT-176) which is the first authoritative publication on generics in use in Canada.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Toponymie
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
DEF

Petit cours d'eau naturel qui reçoit les eaux d'un bassin versant de petite dimension.

CONT

Ruisseau Daoust, Québec.

OBS

ruisseau : générique attesté dans plusieurs provinces.

OBS

ruisseau : terme et définition uniformisés par la Commission de toponymie du Canada (CTC) (anciennement appelée le Comité permanent canadien des noms géographiques -- CPCNG) dans le cadre du glossaire (BT-176) faisant autorité sur la question des génériques en usage au Canada.

Spanish

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Record 4 2000-03-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
  • Animal Pests (Crops)
  • Winemaking
CONT

Damage--The ground pearl nymphs extract juices from underground plant parts. The damage is most apparent during dry spells when irregularly shaped patches of grass turn yellow. The grass in these spots eventually turns brown and usually dies by fall.

Key term(s)
  • margarode

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
  • Animaux nuisibles aux cultures
  • Industrie vinicole
OBS

Espèce de cochenille vivant sur les racines des plantes.

Spanish

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Record 5 1999-02-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Food Additives
  • Cosmetology
DEF

A volatile oil, dark yellow to light brownish yellow, with a lemon-like odor, obtained by steam distillation of Lemon grass.

OBS

Used as a flavoring agent and in perfumery.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Additifs alimentaires
  • Cosmétologie
DEF

Liquide à odeur de citron et de verveine, de couleur jaune tirant parfois sur le rouge, obtenu par distillation des feuilles de lemongrass. Aromatisant. On l'emploie aussi en cosmétologie, en pharmacie et en parfumerie.

Spanish

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Record 6 1998-12-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemistry
  • Food Additives
  • Perfume and Cosmetics Industry
Universal entry(ies)
8007-02-1
CAS number
DEF

A yellow to reddish brown essential oil that has an odor of lemon or verbena, is obtained especially from either of two lemon grasses (Cymbopogon citratus or C. flexuosus), and is used chiefly as a perfume (as in soap) and as a source of the aldehyde citral.

OBS

Lemon-grass oil [is a] natural flavoring agent used in lemon and fruit flavorings for beverages, ice cream, ices, candy, baked goods, gelatin desserts, and chewing gum.

OBS

Indian or ’Cochin’ lemon grass oil, the principal lemon grass oil of commerce, is from C. flexuosos which is indigenous to India, and the so-called ’West Indian’ oil is from C. citratus which is widely cultivated in India, Guatemala, Haiti, East and West Africa, and other tropical countries. The Indian oil is a reddish-yellow or brownish-red mobile liquid with a very stong verbana-like odour, while the ’West Indian’ oil is pale yellow to yellowish-brown and has an odour similar to but somewhat lighter in character than that of the indian oil.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chimie
  • Additifs alimentaires
  • Parfumerie
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
8007-02-1
CAS number
DEF

Huile essentielle produite par distillation de deux espèces de plantes aromatiques du genre Cymbopogon (Cymbopogon citratus et C. flexuosus).

CONT

Essence de lemongrass. [...] Usages - Thérapeutique (carminatif), parfumerie, cosmétique, savons, préparation de l'ionone, du citral.

Spanish

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Record 7 1994-09-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
  • Forage Crops
DEF

A grass species : may designate either green foxtail(Setaria viridis) or yellow foxtail(S. glauca).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
  • Culture des plantes fourragères
DEF

Espèce de graminée : il peut s'agir de la sétaire verte (Setaria viridis) ou de la sétaire glauque (S. glauca).

Spanish

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