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FRUIT FRAGILE [2 records]

Record 1 2017-04-13

English

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

A heart-shaped, edible fruit with a rough skin and white pulp [that grows on the cherimoya, a subtropical South American fruit tree].

French

Domaine(s)
  • Arboriculture fruitière
  • Botanique
DEF

[Fruit du chérimolier] qui appartient à la famille de l'anone, tout comme le corossol, la pomme-cannelle et l'anone cœur-de-boeuf. Selon la variété, ce fruit est ovale, conique, sphérique ou en forme de cœur. Le poids [...] varie entre 200 g et 2 kg. Quelques variétés sont recouvertes de grandes écailles. Cette peau dont la couleur varie du bronze au vert est très fragile et n’ est pas comestible, car elle est amère.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Fruticultura
  • Botánica
DEF

Baya verdosa, fruto del chirimoyo, con pepitas negras y pulpa blanca de sabor muy agradable, cuyo tamaño varía desde el de una manzana al de un melón.

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Record 2 2007-08-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Culture of Fruit Trees
OBS

Most deciduous tree fruit. [For example,] peaches, grapes, berries.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Arboriculture fruitière
OBS

Par exemple, pêches, cerises, abricots, poires, prunes, etc.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Fruticultura
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