Veal is the meat of calves, in contrast to the beef from older cattle. Veal can be produced from a calf of either sex and any breed; however, most veal comes from young male calves of dairy breeds which are not used for breeding. (Wikipedia. 2025. Veal. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veal)
Living organism that indirectly transmits an infectious disease to a susceptible host either by carrying the infectious agent on its body (mechanical vector) or by providing an environment in which the infectious agent can reproduce and survive (biological vector). (WIPO 2020. WIPO Pearl COVID-19 Glossary https://wipopearl.wipo.int/assets/static/WIPOPearl_COVID-19_Glossary.pdf)
Raising fish under controlled growing process and production conditions where their growth is completely dependent on externally supplied fish feed. (Adapted from Code of practice for fish and fishery products, FAO 2012, https://www.fao.org/3/i2382e/I2382E.pdf)
A usually herbaceous plant (as the cabbage, bean, or potato) grown for an edible part that is usually eaten. (Adapted from UN 2015. UNECE STANDARD PROCESSED POULTRY MEAT Including ready-to-cook preparations and ready-to-eat products 2015 EDITION https://unece.org/DAM/trade/agr/standard/meat/e/ProcessedPoultryMeat_2015.pdf)
Vegetable juice is the liquid unfermented but fermentable product intended for direct consumption obtained by mechanical expression, crushing, grinding, and/or sieving of one or more sound fresh vegetables or vegetables preserved exclusively by physical means. The juice may be clear, turbid, or pulpy. It may have been concentrated and reconstituted with water. Products may be based on a single vegetable (e.g. carrot) or blends of vegetables (e.g. carrots, celery). (FAO & WHO. 2023. General Standard for Food Additives. Codex Standard, No. CXS 192-1995. Rome. https://www.fao.org/fao-who-codexalimentarius)
Vegetable legumes are legumes eaten fresh (green peas (Pisum sativum)), or as sprouts (mungbean (Vigna radiata) and soybean (Glycine max)), whereas other legumes, which are harvested for their dry seed (pulses), such as lentils (Lens culinaris) are not. (Adapted from FAO and CIRAD. 2021. Fruit and vegetables – Opportunities and challenges for small-scale sustainable farming. Rome. https://doi.org/10.4060/cb4173en)
Underwater diving, as a human activity, is the practice of descending below the water's surface to interact with the environment. It is also often referred to as diving, an ambiguous term with several possible meanings, depending on context. (Wikipedia. 2024. Underwater diving. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underwater_diving)
Barinas State is one of the 23 states of Venezuela. The state capital is Barinas. (Wikipedia. 2025. Barinas (state). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barinas_(state))
Plant products are products of plant origin, unprocessed or processed by means of simple procedures, and are not plants. (Ministrstvo za digitalno preobrazbo Republike Slovenije, 2023. Production and distribution of plants and plant products https://spot.gov.si/en/activities-and-professions/activities/production-and-distribution-of-plants-and-plant-products/)
Vegetables are plants cultivated both as field crops and garden crops, both in the open and under glass. Certain gramineous and leguminous plants which, if harvested for the dry grain, are classified among cereals and pulses, belong to this group as far as they are harvested green for the green grains and/or for the green pods (e.g., green maize, green peas, green beans, string beans, etc.). (FAO, 2024. Crops Statistics - Concepts, Definitions and Classifications https://www.fao.org/economic/the-statistics-division-ess/methodology/methodology-systems/crops-statistics-concepts-definitions-and-classifications/en/)
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The word “vegetable” is not a botanical term. For consumers, fruit and vegetables are distinguished by their culinary uses and their taste: a fruit is commonly the sweet or sour part of a plant, and a vegetable is the savoury part. Vegetables are often grouped according to botanic characteristics as follows: leafy or stem vegetables (with leaves, stems, and/or flowers edible, e.g., cabbages and cauliflowers); fruit-bearing vegetables (with edible fruits, e.g., melons); root, bulb and tuber vegetables (with roots, bulbs, and/or tubes edible, e.g., onions); green leguminous vegetables (containing green grains and green pods, e.g., green peas); other vegetables n.e.c. (e.g., green maize, mushrooms).
Asexual or non-sexual reproduction by which new plants are raised from parts of the parent plant (e.g. roots, tubers, bulbs or stems). (Seeds toolkit - Module 6: Seed storage, FAO, 2018 (http://www.fao.org/3/ca1495en/ca1495en.pdf).)
Polyphenism is the occurrence of several phenotypes in a population, the differences between which are not the result of genetic differences. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyphenism)
