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- noun Plural form of
midrib .
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Examples
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Collards, kale, and Portuguese tronchuda cabbage resemble wild cabbage in bearing separate leaves along a fairly short main stalk; tronchuda has especially massive midribs.
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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Collards, kale, and Portuguese tronchuda cabbage resemble wild cabbage in bearing separate leaves along a fairly short main stalk; tronchuda has especially massive midribs.
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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Butter varieties: open cluster of soft, tender leaves, small midribs
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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Cos, Romaine varieties: loose head of elongated large leaves, prominent midribs
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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Butter varieties: open cluster of soft, tender leaves, small midribs
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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Cos, Romaine varieties: loose head of elongated large leaves, prominent midribs
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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The midribs of the immense leaves form one of the most useful articles in these lands, supplying the place of bamboo, to which for many purposes they are superior.
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The larger modern forms are mainly elongated heads weighing up to 10 lb/4.5 kg, and are distinguished from European cabbages by their prominent white midribs, less prominent light green leaves, and mildness.
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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The larger modern forms are mainly elongated heads weighing up to 10 lb/4.5 kg, and are distinguished from European cabbages by their prominent white midribs, less prominent light green leaves, and mildness.
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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Erythrina is a genus of some 108 species of shrubs and small to medium-sized trees (to about 20 m in height), which are often armed with blunt, conical thorns or sharp, recurved prickles which may occur on the trunks, young branches, petioles, leaf midribs and main veins.
Chapter 8 1994
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