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SEDGE [1 record]

Record 1 2022-10-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Seed Plants (Spermatophyta)
OBS

[A] grasslike cyperaceous ... typically growing on wet ground and having rhizomes, triangular stems, and minute flowers in spikelets.

OBS

[A] plant of the family Cyperaceae ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plantes à graines (Spermatophyta)
DEF

Plante herbacée vivace des milieux humides, voisine des graminées, à feuilles raides et coupantes, à tige souvent rugueuse produisant des épillets regroupés en épis ou en capitules, et dont certaines espèces sont cultivées pour leur valeur ornementale.

OBS

Plante de la famille des Cyperaceae.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Plantas con semilla (Spermatophyta)
OBS

Planta de la familia Cyperaceae.

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