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succory

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Italian chicory, a bitter green salad plant with pretty blue flowers.

suckermouth buffalo fish

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A variety of buffalo fish, a sweet, white, lean freshwater fish; a type of sucker with dark brown skin. It is similar to carp and very versatile and plentiful in the Great Lakes and Mississippi valley.

suckling pig

[English] plural suckling pigs

A pig aged around 4-5 weeks old, still taking milk.

Sudan

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Sudan grass

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Sorghum

suede bolete

[English] plural suede boletes

A type of edible mushroom found in autumn.

Suffolk Mule cross

/SUH-fuhk myool/
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A breed of sheep . A mule is a Swaledale cross Blue Faced Leicester and that is then crossed with a Texel or Suffolk tup to create a good long sheep. A Mule is an accepted cross breed as it is bred for length.

Suffolk

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sugar

[English] plural sugars

Sugar is a class of edible crystalline substances, mainly sucrose, lactose, and fructose. Human taste buds interpret its flavor as sweet. Sugar as a basic food carbohydrate primarily comes from sugar cane and from sugar beet, but also appears in fruit, honey, sorghum, sugar maple (in maple syrup), and in many other sources.

sugar apple

[English] plural sugar apples

Sweet sop. A variety of custard apple, a tropical fruit which comes in a variety of shapes and sizes. When buying choose very soft fruits indeed. The skin is green or purplish-green and scaly, almost fir-cone patterned, in appearance. Inside, the flesh is creamy in colour and consistency, but has to be sucked from the shiny black seeds. The flesh has a sweet-sour flavour, sometimes slightly custardy and larger ones have the luscious and complex taste of banana, mango and vanilla. They are often made into fritters, or sliced and steeped in wine.