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EKI terminibaas Esterm

ID 695414 Last modified 07.06.2024
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Domain general botany
  • hariliku jaanikaunapuu (Ceratonia siliqua) söödav vili
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    • Viljad (kaunad) on kuni 20 cm pikkused, lihakad ja magusad, küpsenult läikivpruunide kestadega, söödavad, sisaldavad kuni 50 % suhkrut ja 17% valku.
  • the fruit of an evergreen leguminous tree (Ceratonia siliqua), Carob-tree, a native of the Levant: a long flat horn-like pod containing numerous hard seeds embedded in pulp
jaanikaun
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  • I ja II maailmasõja vahelisel perioodil olid jaanikaunad ka Eestis tuntud laadamaiustus. Tänapäeval on need Eestis saadaval peamiselt hästivarustatud loodustootepoodides jahvatatud kujul.
jaanileib
jaanikõder
carob
Usage examples
  • The carob tree is a tree 5 to 7 metres high. Its fruit, the carob, is a thick pod ten to thirty centimetres long containing about fifteen seeds.
carob pod
Usage examples
  • Carob pods with their sugary pulp are a staple in the diet of farm animals and are eaten by children as snacks or by people in times of famine.
carob-pod
carob bean
carob-bean
locust bean

EKI terminibaas Esterm

ID 629876 Last modified 06.06.2024
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Domain classified botany
  • kuni 15 m kõrgune laiuva võraga puu liblikõieliste (Leguminosae) sugukonna kaheliigilisest perekonnast
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    • Lehed on 10–20 cm pikkused. Tagasihoidlikud õied koonduvad rohkeõielistesse õisikutesse. Viljad on lamedadtumepruunid, 10–18 cm pikkused kaunad, mille magusas viljalihas on 3–10 lapikut läikivat seemet.
  • a flowering evergreen tree or shrub in the Caesalpinioideae sub-family of the legume family, Fabaceae
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  • Vili: jaanikaun.
harilik jaanikaunapuu preferred
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  • Kaunu kandev puu. Kaunad seostuvad liblikõielistega: harilik jaanikaunapuu Ceratonia siliqua kuulub liblikõieliste sugukonda ja pärineb looduslikult Vahemere piirkonnast
harilik jaanileivapuu
carob
Usage examples
  • The carob is one of the most useful native Mediterranean trees. In producing countries, carob pods have traditionally been used as animal and human food and currently the main use is the seed for gum extraction.
carob tree
Usage examples
  • The carob tree grows as a sclerophyllous evergreen shrub or tree up to 10 m high, with a broad semispherical crown and a thick trunk with brown rough bark and sturdy branches.
St. John's bread
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  • The carob is also known as St.John’s bread or locust bean in reference to the presumed use of its ‘locusts’ as food by St. John the Baptist and, from that derives Johannisbrotbaum in German.
locust bean
Ceratonia siliqua L.
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  • The scientific name of carob tree (Ceratonia siliqua L.) derives from Greek keras, horn, and Latin siliqua, alluding to the hardness and shape of the pod.
Ceratonia siliqua

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