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Record 1 2010-12-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mineralogy
DEF

Having a tree-like appearance.

CONT

Dendritic minerals include branching aggregates of crystals, for example metallic elements such as silver, gold, copper, etc., but more generally they occur in the form of film-deposits in cracks, joints, crevices, etc., deposited by percolating water.

OBS

arborescent: Applied to minerals ... especially when fairly massive. If the mineral formation is so thin as to resemble the painting of a tree, it is generally called "dendritic."

PHR

Dendritic magnetite.

PHR

Arborized agate.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Minéralogie
DEF

Qui prend, qui a la forme d'un arbre, en parlant [d'un minéral].

PHR

Magnétite dendritique.

PHR

Agate arborisée.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Mineralogía
DEF

De figura de dendrita.

OBS

dendrita: Cristales que se forman en las fisuras de las rocas, donde su conjunto adopta la forma de ramificaciones arborescentes.

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Record 2 2008-08-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
DEF

Approaching the size or height of a tree.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
DEF

Qui prend la forme ramifiée, le port, l'apparence d'un arbre.

CONT

Le bambou est un roseau arborescent.

CONT

Fougères arborescentes.

OBS

tige arborescente : tige ligneuse et épaisse.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Botánica
DEF

De características y aspecto parecidos a los de los árboles.

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