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acerose [2 records]

Record 1 2013-11-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plant Biology
DEF

Shaped like a needle.

OBS

As the leaves of pine, fir or spruce.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Biologie végétale
DEF

Aigu, piquant comme une aiguille.

OBS

Les feuilles du pin, du sapin ou de l'épinette sont aciculaires.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Biología vegetal
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Record 2 2005-07-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Vocabulary
DEF

Needleshaped and rigid; as in the leaves of heaths and pines.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire général
CONT

Dans le domaine de la botanique : [...] Les Aloès (Aloe), [...] sont connus pour leurs feuilles charnues au bord garni d'épines acérées. (Plantefol, Cours de botanique et de biologie végétale, tome 2, 1931, p. 312).

Spanish

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