Difference between revisions of "Glossary"
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*'''Shelly, Shell, or Shelling'''-- beans eaten at the stage where they're mostly but not all the way mature, so they're still soft-ish and full of moisture, and often not fully pigmented. The bean equivalent of garden/English/shelling peas. | *'''Shelly, Shell, or Shelling'''-- beans eaten at the stage where they're mostly but not all the way mature, so they're still soft-ish and full of moisture, and often not fully pigmented. The bean equivalent of garden/English/shelling peas. | ||
| − | *'''SSE'''-- | + | *'''SSE'''-- Seed Savers Exchange. |
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| + | *'''USDA'''-- United States Department of Agriculture, the organization in charge of the National Genetic Resources Program, which in turn is in charge of the US's national germplasm/seed bank. | ||
Revision as of 10:06, 7 April 2013
- Hilum-- the scar on a seed at the spot where it used to be attached to the pod (like the botanical equivalent of a belly button). Sometimes called the "eye."
- Horticultural-- New England term for a bean eaten in both the shelly and dry stages
- Shelly, Shell, or Shelling-- beans eaten at the stage where they're mostly but not all the way mature, so they're still soft-ish and full of moisture, and often not fully pigmented. The bean equivalent of garden/English/shelling peas.
- SSE-- Seed Savers Exchange.
- USDA-- United States Department of Agriculture, the organization in charge of the National Genetic Resources Program, which in turn is in charge of the US's national germplasm/seed bank.
