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FLOWER [2 records]

Record 1 2004-05-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
  • Plant Biology
DEF

The part of a seed plant comprising the reproductive organs and their envelopes if any ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
  • Biologie végétale
DEF

Organe caractéristique des plantes supérieures, ou phanérogames, qui contient les organes reproducteurs, entourés le plus souvent d'un périanthe, dont les pièces peuvent être d'une couleur brillante ou d'un parfum agréable.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Botánica
  • Biología vegetal
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Record 2 1975-03-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Typesetting and Imagesetting
DEF

An ornament in the shape of a small flower or leaf, used in binding or printing.

DEF

The word "flowers" is used as a general term to include decorative motifs cast on type body as distinct from vignettes and from borders (both plain and decorative) cast as strips of metal rule.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Composition (Imprimerie)
DEF

Petit ornement typographique, en forme de fleur ou de feuille, qu'on place en tête ou en fin de chapitre ou qu'on utilise dans les travaux de ville.

Spanish

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