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FRUIT CUCURBITACEES [3 records]

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Record 1 2016-02-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
Universal entry(ies)
Trichosanthes anguina
Latin
DEF

A gourd (Trichosanthes anguina) with long contorted green and white edible fruits that become bright orange when fully ripe.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Trichosanthes anguina
Latin
OBS

trichosanthes. Herbe grimpante, annuelle ou vivace, de l'Asie tropicale principalement.(Trichosantes anguina a des feuilles lobées et un fruit long de plus de 1 m. tortueux, qui se mange comme les concombres. Famille des cucurbitacées.)

Spanish

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Record 2 2015-04-20

English

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

The fruit of an annual [creeping] plant of the gourd family, which is generally eaten raw but is also good cooked.

OBS

It is long and cylindrical in shape, with firm, watery, pale green flesh, which is crisp, cool and slightly bitter to the taste; its fine green skin is shiny and usually smooth.

French

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

Fruit d’une plante annuelle rampante de la famille des cucurbitacées, qui se mange salé, cru ou cuit.

CONT

Charnu, bien ferme, allongé et cylindrique, le concombre possède une chair vert pâle, croquante et fraîche, légèrement amère, sous une fine peau plus ou moins verte, brillante, lisse ou épineuse.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Frutas y verduras (Tipos y procesamiento - Ind. alimentaria)
DEF

[...] fruto pulposo, cilíndrico, de seis a doce centímetros de largo y dos a cinco de grueso, amarillo cuando está maduro, y antes verde más o menos claro por la parte exterior, interiormente blanco y con multitud de semillas ovaladas y puntiagudas por uno de sus extremos, chatas y pequeñas, [...] comestible.

OBS

[Fruto del pepino,] planta herbácea anual, de la familia de las Cucurbitáceas.

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Record 3 1994-07-06

English

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

An indehiscent fleshy 1-celled or falsely 3-celled many seeded berry (as a pumpkin, squash, melon, or cucumber) that has a hard rind and is the characteristic fruit of the gourd family.

CONT

The fruit of the Cucurbitaceae (gourd family) is a berry (referred to as a pepo) with a leathery or hard exocarp.

French

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

Fruits-à-pépins, charnus (dont la paroi s’épaissit, devient juteuse et molle à maturité), ne s’ouvrant pas, ce sont les baies (citrouille et autres Cucurbitacées)

CONT

Les fruits des Cucurbitacées, lisses ou galeux, aux formes inattendues et aux coloris variés de vert, jaune, orange, commencent à se former au début de l’automne.

Spanish

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