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Terms in English 751-760 of 8494

baby eggplant

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A plump, pear-shaped but small variety of aubergine (US: eggplant) with a lavender to deep purple-black skin.

baby food

[English] plural baby foods

Baby foods are foods specially prepared for babies, generally by puréeing.

Baby Heart tomato

[English] plural Baby Heart tomatoes

An outdoor indeterminate variety of tomato producing heart-shaped red fruit.

baby lamb

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A lamb at six to eight weeks old, providing very tender, mildly flavoured meat.

baby's bottle

[English] plural babies' bottles

A baby's bottle is a bottle which can be easily sterilised, and into which a teat can be screwed to entice the infant to suckle.

baby's head

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A slang term used in the Royal Navy for steak and kidney pudding. A version of this, baby's yed or babby's yed, is reputedly found in Manchester and Wigan.

baby watermelon

[English] plural baby watermelons

Ivy gourd. A small crunchy gourd reminiscent of a gherkin, green ripening to red, popular in the cuisines of India, Thailand, Indonesia and other South East Asian countries. The shoots and leaves can also be eaten.

Bacardi cocktail

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A cocktail of lime juice, sugar, grenadine and light Bacardi rum.

Bacchus

[English] plural Bacchus grapes

A name for Clinton, a red variety of grape which arose spontaneously and was found in New York State in 1835. It is used in making red wines. It has the quality of being phylloxera resistant, leading to it being planted in the Italian Switzerland, Italy and Austria where it is used in Uhudler wines. It is now also grown in Brazil.

bachelor's button

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A round biscuit (US: cookie) from North America decorated with a cherry.