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Record 1 2008-08-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Vegetable Crop Production
  • Botany
  • Food Industries
DEF

Any plant of the legume family, esp. those used for feed, food, or as a soil improving crop.

OBS

(Includes) important food and forage plants (as peas, beans, or clovers).

OBS

Term used at the Canadian Grain Commission.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Production légumière
  • Botanique
  • Industrie de l'alimentation
DEF

Plante de la famille (ou superfamille) des légumineuses, très vaste groupe botanique [...].

CONT

En agriculture, on distingue les légumineuses fourragères (luzerne, trèfle, sainfoin) et les légumineuses à grains cultivées pour l'alimentation humaine (fève, haricot lentille, pois) et animale (féverole, pois, soja).

Spanish

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