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overmature [2 records]

Record 1 2013-04-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Vegetable Crop Production
  • General Warehousing
DEF

[Referring to] vegetable harvested at an overly advanced stage of development.

OBS

over-mature: term and definition standardized by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO).

Key term(s)
  • overmature

French

Domaine(s)
  • Production légumière
  • Entreposage général
DEF

[Se dit d'un] légume récolté à un stade de développement trop avancé.

OBS

monté : terme et définition normalisés par l'Organisation internationale de normalisation (ISO).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Producción hortícola
  • Almacenaje general
DEF

[Dícese de un] vegetal cosechado en una etapa avanzada de su desarrollo.

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Record 2 2011-02-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Silviculture
  • Forestry Operations
DEF

In even-aged management, [said of] those trees or stands past the mature stage.

CONT

Current even-aged management, however tends to reduce forest variability: for example, fully regulated, even-aged management will tend to truncate the natural forest stand age distribution and eliminate overmature and old growth forests from the landscape.

OBS

overmature: term used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sylviculture
  • Exploitation forestière
DEF

En aménagement équienne, [se dit des] arbres ou peuplements qui ont dépassé l'âge mûr, où le taux de croissance diminue et les arbres s'affaiblissent et meurent.

CONT

[...] l'aménagement équienne pleinement régulé va tendre à tronquer la distribution naturelle des classes d'âges et à éliminer les forêts vieilles et surmatures du paysage

OBS

surmature : terme en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des Sciences de la Terre.

Spanish

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