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- noun
plants that have been removed in order to improve the growth of the remainder
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Examples
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They were mid-season "thinnings" to give the others a chance to bulk up, but I also guess that the lack of rain that has reduced the size of many of the vegetables has also concentrated their flavour.
Nigel Slater's beet leaf salad and grilled halloumi recipes 2010
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Other control measures included stringent silvicultural interventions, such as thinnings, and a continuous monitoring programme, Hendricks said.
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Thus, instead of sorts that must be used quickly, we may command for summer sowing the best of the keepers, and the result will be heavier crops and earlier ripening, with plentiful supplies of 'thinnings' for salads all through the autumn and winter.
The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers From Seeds and Roots 16th Edition Sutton and Sons
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His marinated beet salad ($13) is blended with pickled rhubarb as well as a goat almond horchata and a patty of seasoned quinoa, along with a scattering of tiny beet greens thinned from the garden, which solved the mystery of the "thinnings" reference in the menu, and shungiku, which is also known as edible chrysanthemum leaf.
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The agency said Wednesday it needs more time to figure out whether biomass – including farm waste, sawmill scraps and forest thinnings – is really a green fuel.
EPA Eases Up On Pollution Regulations After Pressure From Congress AP 2011
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Putting this principle into practice, Whole Tree Architecture is dedicated to building with materials that lumber companies consider scrap – weed trees, also know as ‘managed forest thinnings.’
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Erik Olsson Sirloin of beef, five months dry aged and cooked on the grill, with sour onions, turnip thinnings and green juice It's one thing to serve microclimate food in the Pacific Northwest.
What's the Next Big Restaurant? Katy McLaughlin 2011
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The agency said Wednesday it needs more time to figure out whether biomass – including farm waste, sawmill scraps and forest thinnings – is really a green fuel.
EPA Eases Up On Pollution Regulations After Pressure From Congress AP 2011
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The agency said Wednesday it needs more time to figure out whether biomass – including farm waste, sawmill scraps and forest thinnings – is really a green fuel.
EPA Eases Up On Pollution Regulations After Pressure From Congress AP 2011
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I will be eating the thinnings of "Little Gem" lettuce in no time and the frilly mustard are close.
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