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FREESIA [1 record]

Record 1 2005-11-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
  • Horticulture
DEF

A genus of sweet-scented African herbs (family Iridaceae) with bulbous tunicate corms and narrow funnelform or tubular red, white, or yellow flowers.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
  • Horticulture
DEF

Plante ornementale à bulbe (iridacées), cultivée pour ses fleurs odorantes aux couleurs vives.

OBS

frésia : Cette graphie, puisée des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, est attestée dans le Petit Robert (2004).

Spanish

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