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GOMBO [1 record]

Record 1 2016-01-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
  • Vegetable Crop Production
Universal entry(ies)
DEF

A tall coarse annual of Old World tropics widely cultivated in southern United States and West Indies for its long mucilaginous green pods used as basis for soups and stews.

OBS

Sometimes placed in genus Hibiscus.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
  • Production légumière
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
DEF

Plante potagère dont on utilise, dans les pays chauds, les jeunes fruits pour faire des potages et des sauces.

OBS

gombo; gombaud; okra; ketmia comestible : termes normalisés par l'AFNOR.

Key term(s)
  • ketmie comestible

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Botánica
  • Producción hortícola
Entrada(s) universal(es)
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