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Catchword for “burpless”
Catchword: burpless
Part of speechadj.
Quotation: Researchers in Australia have received funding to develop more digestible feeds for cattle—“burpless” grass, in industry parlance—that result in less methane being produced as they are broken down in cows’ stomach(s).
Article or document title:
“Aussies cultivate ‘burpless’ grass” (URL)
Author:
Peter Freed
Article, document, publication, web site:
TerraPass
Publishing location:
San Francisco, California
Date of publication:
May 15, 2008
This catchword has yet to be researched.
Comments:
"Burpless" has also been used to market cucumbers supposedly engineered to not induce gas in the consumer.
by Luke 20 May 08, 0106 GMT

"Burpless" always struck me as funny -- as Luke mentions, I know it's supposed to mean that the cukes don't induce gas, but it always suggested to me that the cukes themselves were burp-free.
by mighty red pen 21 May 08, 1133 GMT

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