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*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)
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*'''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)
  
*Horticultural-- New England term for a bean eaten in both the shelly and dry stages
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*'''Horticultural'''-- New England term for a bean eaten in both the shelly and dry stages
  
*Shelly-- 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.
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*'''Shelly'''-- 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.

Revision as of 06:12, 18 March 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)
  • Horticultural-- New England term for a bean eaten in both the shelly and dry stages
  • Shelly-- 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.