marenne
Plural: marennes
Language: French
Description: A green-gilled, flat-shelled oyster, very sweet and briny. They start in Brittany or Arcachon (belons and gravettes) but are transferred to the oyster-fattening enclosures at Les Claires for finishing.
Ethnicity: French
Most frequent country: France
Most frequent region: Brittany
See places: French food and cuisine, Brittany
See foods and dishes: oyster
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