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BOIS FER [2 records]

Record 1 2022-03-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Seed Plants (Spermatophyta)
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

A plant of the family Betulaceae.

OBS

ironwood: common name also used to refer to the species Carpinus caroliniana, Cyrilla racemiflora and Fagraea fragrans.

Key term(s)
  • American hophornbeam
  • iron wood
  • lever-wood

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plantes à graines (Spermatophyta)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Plante de la famille des Betulaceae.

Spanish

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Record 2 1996-09-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
DEF

1. Any of numerous trees and shrubs (as various ebonies, hornbeams, or acacias) with exceptionally tough or hard wood. 2. the wood of an ironwood.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
DEF

Nom usuellement donné dans le commerce à des bois très durs, fournis par différents arbres exotiques appartenant à des genres aussi divers que casuarina, lophira, sidéroxylon.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Botánica
OBS

Siete especies en las regiones templadas septentrionales. Similares a los verdaderos carpes, pero con los amentos masculinos desnudos durante el invierno, y con el fruto encerrado en un involucro en forma de vejiga.

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