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Record 1 1998-05-22

English

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

Said of a leaf base which surrounds a stem completely that the latter appears to pass through it.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Morphologie et physiologie générale
  • Biologie végétale
DEF

[Se dit d'une] feuille dont la base s'étale et enveloppe complètement la tige de sorte que, les bords de ces lobes engainants se soudant, la feuille semble être traversée par la tige.

Spanish

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Record 2 1980-11-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
OBS

Descriptive of a sessile leaf with its basal portion continuous around the stem.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique

Spanish

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