Category: C

The number of coliforms per gram of foodstuffs. Generally indicative of unhygienic conditions of manufacture/handling and storage.  

Indicators to an examining doctor that the nourishment of a person is imbalanced. Examples of such physical indicators are skin appearance, hair condition, eye appearance, oedema (swelling) and so on.  

Salts of citric acid, a common constitutent of foodstuffs like lime and lemons, and an intermediate product in metabolic process in the body. Citric acid is used as an acidulant in soft drinks, and citrates are used for buffering formulated foods against changes in their acid-alkali balance. An intermediate in the citric acid cycle; the…

A protein of high biological quality which occurs in milk as colloidal suspension associated with calcium phosphate; casein is often used as a comparative reference protein standard in nutritional evaluation studies.  

The other major group of gymnosperms apart from the conifers, consisting of long-lived flowerless plants with palm-like or fern-like, leathery fronds springing from a short trunk or caudex. Male (pollen) and female (seed) cones are borne on separate plants and may be quite large. Cycads are an ancient group, most abundant in the ‘age of…

Used in many commercially important plant species and hybrids to distinguish major groups of cultivars sharing common characteristics. An example is the brassica vegetables, most of which are cultivars of the variable species Brassica oleracea. The cabbages, the cauliflowers, Brussels sprouts, broccolis and kales each constitute a cultivar group of this species. Cabbages, for example,…

A plant grown for its strong flavor, used to flavor cooked dishes or salads—usually it is the leaves, flowers or bulbs that are used, as plants of which the seeds, fruits or rhizomes are used tend to be termed spices.  

Characterized by the possession of corms.  

Those in the cooler half of the temperate zones, essentially those regions between about 40 and 60 degrees latitude though extending closer to the equator in highlands and large continental landmasses of the northern hemisphere. Regions between 60 degrees north and the Arctic Circle are usually termed subarctic.  

A glassed-in area for growing frost-tender plants, usually attached to or forming part of a house.