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FAMILLE MYRISTICACEES [1 record]

Record 1 1995-10-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
DEF

a family of trees (order Ranales) having unisexual flowers, monodelphous stamens, and arillate seeds.

CONT

More than thirty species of Virola, a genus of the nutmeg family, occur in the forests of northern South America and adjacent Central America.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
CONT

muscadier : Arbre ou arbuste [...] de la famille des myristicacées, que l'on trouve dans les régions tropicales.

Key term(s)
  • myristicacées
  • myristicacée

Spanish

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