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Record 1 2004-01-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
  • Botany
DEF

A large leaf or leaflike structure. The term is most frequently used of the dissected leaves of ferns, cycads, and palms. More rarely it is applied to the thalli of foliose lichens and certain macroscopic algae.

OBS

... leafy branch, ... a leaf; specifically, a) the leaf of a fern b) the leaf of a palm ... the leaflike part, or shoot, of a lichen, seaweed, duckweed, etc.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
  • Botanique
DEF

Nom ancien donné aux thalles qui présentent une apparence aplatie et foliacée. Nom donné également à la feuille des fougères dont les lobes sont les pinnules.

OBS

Feuille des plantes acotylédones. "Les frondes des fougères". - Thalle aplati en lame de certaines algues.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Paleontología
  • Botánica
DEF

Hoja de los helechos.

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