| Annual |
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A plant which has a normal life span of less than one year. |
| Biennial |
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Having a life cycle of two years. |
| Capsicum |
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A large family of plants producing fruits used in cooking, including bell peppers, chilies of all kinds, and pimentos. |
| Decorticate |
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To remove the outer skin or membrane covering a seed. |
| Essential Oils |
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Oils in the herb or spice, which give it taste and aroma. |
| Fines |
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Dust or fine powder residue which is the by-product of grinding a spice, and which is typically flavorless.
Herbs are the aromatic leaves of plants without woody stems that grow in temperate zones. |
| Macro Extraneous Material |
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Foreign matter visible to the eye. |
| Mesh |
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A screen used as a filter used to permit particles of a certain size to pass through it. |
| MLS |
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A blend of black peppers from Malabar, Lampong, and Sarawak. |
| MLSV |
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A blend of black peppers from Malabar, Lampong, Sarawak and Vietnam. |
| Oleoresin |
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A mixture of oil and resin which occurs naturally in certain plant tissues, and which can be extracted. |
| Organoleptic |
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A broad and general definition of the combined qualities of appearance, aroma and flavor. |
| Perennial |
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A plant, having a life cycle of more than two years. |
| Piperine |
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A non-volatile oil found in black pepper.
Spices are seasonings obtained from the bark, buds, fruit or flower parts, roots, seeds or stems of various aromatic plants and trees. |
| Stigma |
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The part of a flower which receives pollen. |
| Stratification |
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The separation during settling of particles Into layers of material having different sizes, weights or densities. |
| Surface Color |
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Non-extractable color, or color which does not "bleed" when exposed to liquid. |
| Volatile Oil |
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The "essence" which gives an herb or spice its unique flavor and aroma which can be removed through distillation or chemical process. |
| Water Activity |
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A lab measurement for atmospheric moisture freely available to micro-organisms in or on plant material. |
| Zingiberaceous |
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A group of tuberous plants comprising the ginger family. |
