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POMME CHOU-FLEUR [8 records]

Record 1 2007-04-16

English

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

The thickened flower branches are popular as a food.

Key term(s)
  • branching broccoli
  • Italian broccoli
  • calabrese
  • Brassica oleracea
  • sprouting brocoli
  • green-sprouting brocoli
  • asparagus brocoli

French

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

Sorte de chou-fleur vert à pomme souvent multiple, originaire du sud de l'Italie.

Key term(s)
  • brocoli calabrese
  • Brassica oleracea
  • Brassica oleracea italica

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Frutas y verduras (Tipos y procesamiento - Ind. alimentaria)
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Record 2 1996-07-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Horticulture
  • Vegetable Crop Production
OBS

e.g. fine-grained broccoli

Key term(s)
  • fine grained broccoli

French

Domaine(s)
  • Horticulture
  • Production légumière
OBS

p. ex. pomme de chou-fleur à grain fin

Spanish

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Record 3 1996-02-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Grain Growing
  • Plant Biology
DEF

To flower or to produce seed stalks, often prematurely.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Culture des céréales
  • Biologie végétale
OBS

dans le cas d’un chou-fleur, plutôt que de former une pomme

Spanish

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Record 4 1994-05-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Vegetable Crop Production
  • Plant Biology
CONT

self-blanching cauliflower which does not require protection from sunlight to produce a perfectly blanched (white) head

Key term(s)
  • self blanching
  • self covering

French

Domaine(s)
  • Production légumière
  • Biologie végétale
CONT

chou-fleur autoblanchissant, c.-à-d. chou-fleur dont la pomme blanchit et reste blanche sans protection artificielle de la lumière

Spanish

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Record 5 1994-05-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Vegetable Crop Production
  • Botany
OBS

of cauliflower

Key term(s)
  • self blanching

French

Domaine(s)
  • Production légumière
  • Botanique
OBS

du chou-fleur(Les feuilles assurent naturellement une protection suffisante à la pomme contre la lumière).

Spanish

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Record 6 1993-10-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Horticulture
  • Plant Biology
OBS

The development of the head in cauliflower, cabbage, and broccoli.

OBS

curd: the edible flower heads of cauliflower, broccoli, and similar plants.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Horticulture
  • Biologie végétale
OBS

Formation de la pomme chez le chou-fleur, le chou ou le brocoli.

Spanish

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Record 7 1990-05-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Vegetable Crop Production
  • Plant Diseases
CONT

The length of time for the blanching of the head depends on the weather. ... in cool weather the heads begin to push up their flower stalks and assume a riced condition if left too long

OBS

abnormal physiological condition of cauliflower heads

French

Domaine(s)
  • Production légumière
  • Maladies des plantes
CONT

Le laps de temps nécessaire au blanchiment est en fonction des conditions atmosphériques(...) par temps frais et humide, cette pomme [de chou-fleur] émet des pousses qui lui donnent un aspect graveleux dénommé par les praticiens le "riz".

Spanish

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Record 8 1984-06-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Vegetable Crop Production

French

Domaine(s)
  • Production légumière

Spanish

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