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CRUCIFORM [3 records]

Record 1 1998-04-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
  • Botany
  • Morphology and General Physiology
  • Plant Biology
DEF

Having leaves or petals arranged in the form of a cross.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
  • Botanique
  • Morphologie et physiologie générale
  • Biologie végétale
OBS

[Se dit d'une] corolle composée de quatre pétales, opposés deux à deux, en croix.

Spanish

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Record 2 1996-11-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Residential Architecture
DEF

Cross-shaped; generally associated with religious buildings.

Key term(s)
  • cruciform plan

French

Domaine(s)
  • Architecture d'habitation
DEF

En forme de croix; caractérise en général les édifices religieux.

Key term(s)
  • plan cruciforme

Spanish

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Record 3 1990-02-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Genetics
DEF

The structure produced at inverted repeats of DNA if the repeated sequence pairs with its complement on the same strand (instead of with its regular partner in the other strand of the duplex).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Génétique
DEF

Structure produite par des répétitions inversées d'une séquence d'ADN, lorsque ces deux séquences s'apparient par complémentarité (hybridation moléculaire) sur le même brin (au lieu de s'apparier avec leur partenaire normal du brin en vis à vis dans la double hélice).

Spanish

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