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MOULDY [7 records]

Record 1 2011-11-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Grain Growing
  • Agricultural Economics
CONT

Moldy kernels may be clumped at the tip of the ear [of the corn] or randomly dispersed across the entire ear.

OBS

Terms usually used in the plural form.

OBS

mouldy kernel; MLDY KRNL: Term and abbreviation used at the Canadian Grain Commission.

Key term(s)
  • mouldy kernels
  • moldy kernels

French

Domaine(s)
  • Culture des céréales
  • Économie agricole
OBS

Terme généralement utilisé au pluriel.

OBS

Terme et abréviation en usage à la Commission canadienne des grains.

Key term(s)
  • grains moisis

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Cultivo de cereales
  • Economía agrícola
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Record 2 2010-05-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plant Diseases
  • Food Industries
DEF

Infected by molds (fungi).

OBS

mouldy: Term used at the Canadian Grain Commission.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Maladies des plantes
  • Industrie de l'alimentation
OBS

moisi : Terme en usage à la Commission canadienne des grains.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Enfermedades de las plantas
  • Industria alimentaria
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Record 3 2003-11-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Archaeology
OBS

to grow musty

French

Domaine(s)
  • Archéologie

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Arqueología
DEF

Enmohecerse.

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Record 4 2000-07-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Industrial Crops
  • Spices and Condiments
  • Food Industries
DEF

Vanilla carrying or having carried cryptogams and giving out a characteristic musty odour.

OBS

"Cryptogams" means ferns or other pteridophytes, mosses, or other bryophytes, algae, fungi or similar organisms.

OBS

Term and definition relating to qualitative classification.

OBS

Term and definition standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Culture des plantes industrielles
  • Épices et condiments
  • Industrie de l'alimentation
DEF

Vanille portant ou ayant porté des cryptogames et exhalant une odeur caractéristique de moisi.

OBS

Dans le présent contexte, «cryptogame» signifie fougères ou autres ptéridophytes, mousses ou autres bryophytes, algues, champignons ou autres organismes semblables.

OBS

Terme et définition concernant la classification qualitative.

OBS

Terme et définition normalisés par ISO.

Spanish

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Record 5 1998-05-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Brewing and Malting
  • General Scientific and Technical Vocabulary
DEF

Unpleasant odour caused by fungi or moulds.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Brasserie et malterie
  • Vocabulaire technique et scientifique général

Spanish

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Record 6 1986-01-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Winemaking
  • Cheese and Dairy Products
OBS

Flavour imparted to a wine by mouldy grapes or storage in mouldy casks.

Key term(s)
  • musty flavour

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industrie vinicole
  • Laiterie, beurrerie et fromagerie
OBS

Défaut d'un vin mis au contact d'un récipient de bois ou d'un objet moisi, ou encore provenant de vendanges altérées par les moisissures ou pourries.

Spanish

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Record 7 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Grain Growing

French

Domaine(s)
  • Culture des céréales

Spanish

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