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INDIAN YELLOW [11 records]

Record 1 2019-12-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Seed Plants (Spermatophyta)
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

A plant of the family Poaceae.

Key term(s)
  • yellow Indian grass

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plantes à graines (Spermatophyta)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Plante de la famille des Poaceae.

Key term(s)
  • faux-sorgo penché

Spanish

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Record 2 2015-04-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
  • Industrial Crops
Universal entry(ies)
DEF

A West Indian passionflower(Passiflora laurifolia) having fragrant flowers, somewhat astringent leaves, and yellow edible fruit.

OBS

According to the Webster’s third new international dictionary of the English language (source WEBIN 1976), "jamaica" is usually capitalized.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
  • Culture des plantes industrielles
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
CONT

Sous le rapport alimentaire, les espèces les plus estimées sont : P. edulis, ou grenadille; P. laurifolia, maritambour ou Marie Tambour, ou pomme-liane des Antilles, au fruit jaune tacheté de blanc, préconisé contre la fièvre [...]

Spanish

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Record 3 2012-01-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Spices and Condiments
OBS

Nomenclature on spices and condiments: natural vegetable products or mixtures thereof, free from extraneous matter, used for flavouring, seasoning and imparting aroma to foods.

OBS

[The] terms ["turmeric, ""curcuma, ""yellow ginger, ""Indian saffron" and "Indian ginger"] apply equally to the product in the whole form or in the ground form.

OBS

turmeric: term standardized by ISO.

OBS

Curcuma longa: scientific name of the plant from which the spice is produced.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Épices et condiments
OBS

Nomenclature sur les épices : produits végétaux naturels ou mélanges de ceux-ci, exempts de matières étrangères, utilisés pour donner de la saveur et de l'arôme et pour assaisonner les aliments.

OBS

[Les termes «safran des Indes», «safran cooli», «safran des îles» et] «curcuma» [sont applicables] à la fois au produit entier et au produit en poudre.

OBS

curcuma : terme normalisé par l'ISO.

OBS

Curcuma longa : nom scientifique de la plante dont est tirée l'épice.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Especias y condimentos
OBS

Curcuma longa: latin.

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Record 4 2011-11-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Seed Plants (Spermatophyta)
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

A plant of the family Orobanchaceae.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plantes à graines (Spermatophyta)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Plante de la famille des Orobanchaceae.

Spanish

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Record 5 2010-11-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Seed Plants (Spermatophyta)
Universal entry(ies)
DEF

A low East Indian herb(Duschesnea indica) naturalized in eastern No. America and resembling the true strawberry but having yellow flowers and tasteless involucrate fruit.

OBS

A plant of the family Rosaceae.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plantes à graines (Spermatophyta)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
DEF

Plante herbacée aux fleurs jaunes d'or et aux fruits rouges en forme de fraise mais sans saveur [de la famille des Rosaceae] [...]

Spanish

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Record 6 2004-02-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
  • Culture of Fruit Trees
CONT

Prickly pears(Indian fig, barberry fig, and tuna) are the delicious fruit of a species of cactus and are most abundant during fall and early winter. They range in color from yellow to crimson...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
  • Arboriculture fruitière
CONT

La figue de Barbarie provient d'une espèce de cactus à feuilles larges, répandue dans toutes les régions chaudes. Elle est de forme ovale, de couleur jaune-orangé et peut avoir jusqu'à 10 cm de long.

OBS

figue de Barbarie : terme normalisé par l'AFNOR.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Botánica
  • Fruticultura
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Record 7 1999-11-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Culture of Fruit Trees
DEF

A large East Indian tree(Artocarpus heterophyllus) that is distinguished from the closely related breadfruit by its entire leaves, yields a fine-grained yellow wood, and is widely cultivated in the tropics for its immense fruits which contain an edible but insipid pulp and nutritious seeds that are commonly roasted.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Arboriculture fruitière
DEF

Nom commun d'une espèce d'arbre du genre artocarpus. (Famille des moracées). (...) se distingue de l'arbre à pain son congénère, par ses feuilles plus petites et entières. Il donne, le long de son tronc, d'énormes fruits, qui pèsent jusqu'à 30 kg. La culture du jaquier se pratique surtout en Malaisie, en Inde, aux Antilles.

Spanish

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Record 8 1999-10-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemistry
  • Food Additives
DEF

Volatile oil from fruit of Cuminum cyminum L., Umbelliferae. Constit. 30-40% cuminaldehyde; p-cymene, B-pinene, dipentene. Colorless to yellow liquid.... Almost insol in water; sol in 10 vols 80% alcohol; more sol in stronger alcohol; very sol in chloroform, ether.... Use : Flavoring in Indian curry powder.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chimie
  • Additifs alimentaires
CONT

Essence de cumin. Liquide incolore ou jaunâtre, [à] odeur de cumin; [à] saveur épicée (...) Soluble dans l'alcool, l'éther, le chloroforme (...) Composition - Aldéhyde cuminique 30-50%, p-cymène, pinène. Préparation - Distillation à la vapeur d'eau du fruit du Cuminum cyminum (Ombellifères) (...) Usages - Parfumerie, condiment, soins dentaires, antiparasitaire (insecticides), savons, liqueurs, thérapeutique (carminatif, antiseptique).

OBS

Ne pas confondre avec l'essence de carvi, parfois appelée "essence de cumin".

Spanish

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Record 9 1998-12-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemistry
  • Food Additives
  • Perfume and Cosmetics Industry
Universal entry(ies)
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)
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 10 1987-08-17

English

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

French

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

Peut aussi être un adjectif.

Spanish

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Record 11 1986-08-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Painting (Arts)
  • Pigments and Colours (Arts)
CONT

Cobalt yellow(aureolin), sometimes toned with another color, will replace the obsolete transparent yellos-gambage, Indian yellow, etc.

French

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

Le traité de 1788 [sur le patel] donne une longue liste des "matières propres à la composition des pastels" : [...] stilbène de grain jaune [...]

Spanish

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