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Record 1 2006-05-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Vocabulary
  • Cotton Industry
  • Textile Industries
  • Botany
DEF

... wider than long, rounded in general outline, and with a wide basal sinus.

CONT

The general geometric shape for mature fibers is elliptical to circular, generally kidney-shaped.

CONT

What particularly intrigued me were the stomates, pairs of kidney-shaped cells that open and close the pores through which carbon dioxide enters the leaf and water vapor from the leaf escapes into the atmosphere.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire général
  • Industrie cotonnière
  • Industries du textile
  • Botanique
DEF

Qui a la forme d'un rein.

Spanish

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