Difference between revisions of "Glossary"
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| + | *'''Half-runner'''-- a pole bean that doesn't climb very tall or enthusiastically | ||
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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). Also called the "eye." | *'''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). Also called the "eye." | ||
*'''Horticultural'''-- New England term for a bean eaten in both the shelly and dry stages | *'''Horticultural'''-- New England term for a bean eaten in both the shelly and dry stages | ||
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| + | *'''October beans'''-- | ||
*'''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'''-- Seed Savers Exchange. | *'''SSE'''-- Seed Savers Exchange. | ||
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| + | *'''Stick beans'''-- pole beans (bean that grow up a stick) | ||
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| + | *'''Twiner'''-- another term for a half-runner | ||
*'''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. | *'''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 10:11, 7 April 2013
- Half-runner-- a pole bean that doesn't climb very tall or enthusiastically
- 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). Also called the "eye."
- Horticultural-- New England term for a bean eaten in both the shelly and dry stages
- October beans--
- 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.
- Stick beans-- pole beans (bean that grow up a stick)
- Twiner-- another term for a half-runner
- 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.
