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HIGO [7 records]

Record 1 2008-09-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Beverages
DEF

A food product which contains no coffee; generally prepared from a roasted and ground mixture of bran, wheat, and molasses.

French

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

Le succédané de café est une substance exempte de caféine qui sert à préparer des boissons dont le goût s'apparente à celui du café. Le succédané le plus fréquemment utilisé est la chicorée; de l'orge et du seigle lui sont souvent mélangés. On utilise la racine de chicorée que l'on fait sécher et rôtir pour ensuite la moudre, ce qui donne un produit semblable au café moulu.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Bebidas
DEF

Producto de origen vegetal(soya, higo, achicoria u otros), que desecado y/o tostado con azúcar o en mezcla, permite la preparación de infusiones semejantes a la del café.

CONT

Achicoria de raíz, la cual se comenzó a utilizar su raíz, tostada y pulverizada, como un sucedáneo del café, llamado café de achicoria.

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Record 2 2007-07-03

English

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

The hollow, pear-shaped false fruit (synconium) of the fig tree, with sweet, pulpy flesh containing numberous tiny, seedlike true fruits (achenes).

OBS

Figs are rounded with a pointed stem end and vary in colour when ripe from bright green to deep purple, depending on the variety.

OBS

fig: term standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
  • Arboriculture fruitière
CONT

Il existe environ 250 espèces de figuiers et 3 groupes de couleurs de figues (blanches ou vertes, grises ou rouges, noires ou violets foncés).

OBS

figue : terme normalisé par l'ISO.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Botánica
  • Fruticultura
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Record 3 2007-05-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fruits and Vegetables (Types and Processing - Food Ind.)
  • Recipes
CONT

In this dessert, a hot roasted fig acts as the bed for a scoop of intoxicatingly perfumed goat cheese ice cream, which melts into the fig to create a perfect sauce.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fruits et légumes (Types et traitement - Alimentation)
  • Recettes de cuisine
CONT

Déposer une figue grillée et la chapeauter d'une belle quenelle de glace au fromage de chèvre.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Frutas y verduras (Tipos y procesamiento - Ind. alimentaria)
  • Recetas de cocina
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Record 4 2007-04-27

English

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

Common varieties of figs classified by color include the black, green, and purple fig. ... The green fig, such as the Kadota fig is very thin-skinned with a juicy yellow-green skin and a violet flesh.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
  • Arboriculture fruitière
CONT

La figue noire, la figue verte et la figue violette sont les trois principales variétés actuellement commercialisées.

OBS

Il existe environ 250 espèces de Figuiers et 3 groupes de couleurs de figues (blanches ou vertes, grises ou rouges, noires ou violets foncés).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Botánica
  • Fruticultura
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Record 5 2007-04-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fruits and Vegetables (Types and Processing - Food Ind.)
CONT

Dried figs are the only known fruit that is allowed to fully ripen and semi-dry on the tree, and then fall to the ground in orchards ... Only deliveries of California figs which meet the stringent standards for natural condition figs may be accepted for further processing. ... Although industrial varieties are not sized, ... previously inspected figs are then reinspected, sorted, and if in compliance with stringent industry standards, they are ground into fig paste to be used as a baking ingredient or the filling for the famous fig cookies.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fruits et légumes (Types et traitement - Alimentation)

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Frutas y verduras (Tipos y procesamiento - Ind. alimentaria)
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Record 6 2004-08-23

English

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

Most varieties of edible figs bear two crops each year, the breba and the main or second crops. ... In California, the breba crop of Mission (Franciscana) matures in mid-June to early July and the second crop in August along with Calimyrna (Lob Injar).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
  • Arboriculture fruitière
DEF

Chez les variétés bifères, figue de première génération arrivant à maturité au mois de juin.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Botánica
  • Fruticultura
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Record 7 2000-10-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Botánica
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