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Terms in English 6231-6240 of 8494

purple basil

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Purple basil is a variety of basil with lavender-like scent, with reddish-purple leaves, narrow in shape, and used in beef and fish dishes.

Purple Calabash tomato

[English] plural Purple Calabash tomatoes

A medium-sized, flattened, indeterminate beefsteak tomato, highly lobed, with deep purple-pink skin weighing 85-170 g (3-6 oz) and about 6-7.5 cm (2½-3") in diameter. It is thin-skinned, with sweet, smoky, juicy flesh and seeds and appears in mid season.

Purple Cherokee tomato

[English] plural Purple Cherokee tomatoes

A variety of heirloom tomato from Tennessee, possibly developed by Cherokee Indians before 1890. It is an indeterminate variety the short vines of which produce smooth round fruits weighing 280-340 g (10-12 oz) with rosy brownish-purple skin and dark green, slightly ridged shoulders. The flesh is brick red and has a smoky sweet flavour. The fruits are disease and crack resistant and are produced in late season.

Purple Congo potato

[English] plural Purple Congo potatoes

Purple Congo is a dense-fleshed potato similar to pink fir apple.

Purple Delight chile

[English] plural Purple Delight chiles

A small variety of almost round chilli ripening through orange to purple.

Purple Jalapeño chile

[English] plural Purple Jalapeño chiles

A small variety of green to red chilli tapering to a point.

purple mombin

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Hog plum. A close relative of the mango native to the Amazon basin and used in making luscious ice creams.

Purple Passion

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A variety of asparagus.

Purple Pershore

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An excellent bluish-purple cooking plum.

Purple potato

[English] plural Purple potatoes

Purple is a variety of potato which is a quite long, almost spherical potato with thick purple skin. The flesh is purple and floury.