vegetal

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The vegetal, resinous scent after harvest — similar to a fresh-mowed lawn — is what brewers try to harness into a “fresh beer.”

From Seattle Times • Oct. 5, 2023

Brazil principally exported vegetal fats and oils, rice and poultry meat.

From Washington Times • Sep. 16, 2023

It contains a compound that can make wines taste weirdly metallic or overly vegetal, and can grossly exaggerate the aromas that come with oak-aged wine.

From Salon • Jun. 3, 2023

There are also chile liqueurs, such as Ancho Reyes’ Original ancho and its Verde, the former sweet and smoky, the latter retaining more of the raw poblano chile’s green vegetal notes.

From Washington Post • Apr. 20, 2023

Next season the cane will regenerate, a vegetal mystery, and she will return to cut it again.

From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García