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CHINA BEAN [2 records]

Record 1 2017-06-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
  • Vegetable Crop Production
Universal entry(ies)
DEF

A legume grown for food, forage, and green manure.

OBS

The names for the cowpea and the blackeye pea group are often confused or used interchangeably, especially in cooking.

OBS

cow pea; black-eyed bean; black-eyed pea; southern pea; bodi: terms standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
  • Production légumière
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Vigna sinensis, légumineuse vivrière : ne pas confondre avec «dolique asperge» (Vigna sesquipedalis).

OBS

pois à vache; dolique à vache : bien que non recommandés, on trouve ces termes à l'occasion.

OBS

haricot à œil noir; haricot à l'œil; cornille; niébé : termes normalisés par l'ISO.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Botánica
  • Producción hortícola
Entrada(s) universal(es)
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Record 2 2016-02-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
  • Vegetable Crop Production
Universal entry(ies)
DEF

A very popular bean consumed mostly in East Asian countries, Japan, China, Korea etc. as sweet pastes or whole beans.

OBS

adzuki bean: term standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
  • Production légumière
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
DEF

Haricot d'origine asiatique fort cultivé en Chine et au Japon.

OBS

haricot anguleux : terme utilisé en Algérie.

OBS

Produit agricole alimentaire (légume sec - grains de plante).

OBS

haricot adzuki : terme normalisé par l'ISO.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Botánica
  • Producción hortícola
Entrada(s) universal(es)
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