Definition

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Agriculture | n. m.
A change in the colour of olives from green to black that is used as a criterion in the maturity index.

Example

The veraison olives produce the greatest amount of oil which is less pungent and bitter, while the blackskinned olives produce the smoothest tasting oil.

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Agriculture | n. m.
the time when the colour of olives changes from green to black and which coincides with their ripening.

Example

Five sampling dates were chosen during the whole season: vegetative resprouting, full bloom, pit hardening, fruit veraison and vegetative rest.

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