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SUNFLOWER SEEDS [3 records]

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Record 1 2022-10-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plant Biology
  • Seed Plants (Spermatophyta)
  • Plant and Crop Production
CONT

Sunflower seeds are the complete seeds including the hulls, and sunflower kernels are the seeds with the hulls removed.

OBS

sunflower seed: designation usually used in the plural.

Key term(s)
  • sunflower seeds

French

Domaine(s)
  • Biologie végétale
  • Plantes à graines (Spermatophyta)
  • Cultures (Agriculture)
CONT

Les graines de tournesol sont des akènes (fruits secs) de forme allongée et légèrement aplatie.

OBS

graine de tournesol; tournesol : désignations habituellement utilisées au pluriel.

Key term(s)
  • graines de tournesol
  • tournesols

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Biología vegetal
  • Plantas con semilla (Spermatophyta)
  • Producción vegetal
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Record 2 2021-04-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Oilseed Crops
CONT

Traditional canola, soybean, and sunflower oilseeds are low in saturated fat and high in linoleic and linolenic acids, which are both polyunsaturated fatty acids.

OBS

sunflower oilseed; oilseed sunflower: designations usually used in the plural.

Key term(s)
  • sunflower oil seed
  • oil seed sunflower
  • sunflower oilseeds
  • oilseed sunflower
  • sunflower oil seeds
  • oil seed sunflowers

French

Domaine(s)
  • Culture des plantes oléagineuses
OBS

tournesol oléagineux : désignation habituellement utilisée au pluriel.

Key term(s)
  • tournesols oléagineux

Spanish

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Record 3 2021-04-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plant Biology
  • Plant and Crop Production
  • Food Industries
CONT

Confectionery sunflower seeds are larger than oil varieties, normally black with white stripes and approximately five eighths of an inch long. The heavy hull accounts for 50% of the weight of the seed and is loosely fixed to the kernel inside.

OBS

non-oil sunflower seed; confectionery sunflower seed; confectionary sunflower seed; confection sunflower seed; non-oilseed sunflower seed: designations usually used in the plural.

Key term(s)
  • non-oil sunflower seeds
  • confectionery sunflower seeds
  • confectionary sunflower seeds
  • confection sunflower seeds
  • non-oilseed sunflower seeds

French

Domaine(s)
  • Biologie végétale
  • Cultures (Agriculture)
  • Industrie de l'alimentation
CONT

Les graines de tournesol de confiserie sont utilisées dans les produits de boulangerie, mais également dans un certain nombre de produits de santé naturels et de collations santées, ainsi que pour la consommation directe sous forme de coque, décortiquée, crue ou cuit.

Spanish

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