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EPIGEAN [2 records]

Record 1 2004-07-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ecology (General)
  • Biological Sciences
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
DEF

Living near or on the surface of the ground.

OBS

Used especially of an insect; distinguished from "aerial", "hypogeal".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Écologie (Généralités)
  • Sciences biologiques
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
DEF

Se dit des organismes vivant à la surface du sol.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Ecología (Generalidades)
  • Ciencias biológicas
  • Insectos, ciempiés, arañas y escorpiones
DEF

Que vive cerca del suelo, por encima de él o sobre una superficie como ciertos insectos.

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Record 2 2004-06-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
  • Plant Biology
DEF

Growing above the surface of the ground; especially, of a cotyledon: forced above ground by elongation of the hypocotyl.

DEF

Of cotyledons: borne above ground after germination.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
  • Biologie végétale
DEF

Se dit des cotylédons que l'allongement du segment hypocotylé de la tigelle soulève au moment de la germination (ricin, haricot), et du mode de termination ainsi réalisé.

CONT

Cotylédons épigés du haricot. Germination épigée.

OBS

Lorsque les cotylédons jouent le rôle de feuilles primordiales, la germination est toujours épigée.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Botánica
  • Biología vegetal
DEF

[Dícese del] órgano vegetal que se desarrolla sobre el suelo.

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