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HONEY YELLOW [4 records]

Record 1 2014-12-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sugar Industry
CONT

While buckwheat honey can range in color from coppery yellow to purple or nearly black, the average jar is dark amber with a reddish tint when held to the light. Compared with lighter-colored varieties, buckwheat honey isn’t as sweet and tastes similar to molasses. The basic composition and nutritional profile of all types of honey are relatively the same, but buckwheat honey has higher concentrations of macronutrients, trace elements and anti-oxidant compounds.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sucrerie (Industrie de l'alimentation)
CONT

Au Canada, le sarrasin commun Fagopyrum esculentum est cultivé comme plante fourragère et pour la production de miel de sarrasin.

Spanish

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Record 2 2014-10-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Beekeeping
  • Sugar Industry
CONT

... flower honey is a white, greenish yellow or brownish coloured thick, transparent liquid obtained from nectars of acacia, sweet and white clovers, alfalfa, rape, buckwheat, etc. Flower honey has a characteristic sweet and highly aromatic flavour which is dependent on the flavour of the substances in the nectar collected by the bees.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Élevage des abeilles
  • Sucrerie (Industrie de l'alimentation)
CONT

Le miel de fleurs est récolté [...] sur toutes les fleurs visitées par les abeilles : tournesol, ronce, châtaignier, merisier, pissenlit, aubépine [...]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Cría de abejas
  • Industria azucarera
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Record 3 2005-09-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pigments and Colours (Arts)
DEF

A dark grayish yellow that is redder, stronger, and slightly lighter than California green, redder, stronger, and slightly lighter then olivesheen, and very slightly redder than yellowstone.

Key term(s)
  • honey-yellow

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pigments et couleurs (Arts)
CONT

Au salon, on retrouve un foyer datant de la construction de la maison [...] Partout, les teintes jaune miel et moutarde rendent l'atmosphère apaisante et sage.

Key term(s)
  • jaune-miel

Spanish

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Record 4 1999-11-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
CONT

Manila elemi... is the best known and most generally used kind. When fresh and of good quality this elemi is pale yellow, soft and granular, resembling crystallized honey, but on keeping and losing its volatile oil it darkens and sets harder. It has a fragrant, balsamic odour and a spicy rather bitter taste.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
CONT

Le résinoïde d'élémi est préparé à partir de l'élémi de Manille qui est la gomme-résine du Carnarium luzonicum [...] La gomme-résine se présente en larmes ou en masse cireuse (qualités «premières» et «secondes», de couleur blanc jaunâtre à jaune-brun. La masse granuleuse, durcit au contact de l'air; elle inclut des débris végétaux, de la terre, etc., l'odeur est spéciale, assez forte, la saveur piquante.

Spanish

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