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The present invention relates to devices making it possible to trim, optionally cut the end off, vegetables including a tap root 1 surmounted by a leafy part 3 connected to it by a neck. The device according to the invention is characterized in that it includes two tabs 11, 12 each ending in a gripping head 12, 13, means 15 for displacing the tabs in a first plane so that, in at least a first position, the two heads form a closed housing with a cross section smaller than that of the tap-root part located close to the neck, two branches 23, 24 each ending in a cutting blade 25, 26 in the shape of a "V", second means 22 for displacing the branches, with respect to the two tabs, in a second plane parallel to the first plane, and stop means 38, 39, 40 for limiting the displacement of the two branches relative to the two tabs so that, when the two tabs are in the first position and the two branches interact with the stop means, the two blades, in a first position, delimit a closed curve with a cross section smaller than that of the leafy part close to the neck. Application to trimming chicory and cutting the end off. <IMAGE>
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