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HYDROPHILY [2 records]

Record 1 2003-11-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
  • Horticulture
  • Zoology
CONT

Pollination biology.... pollination : transfer of pollen from an anther to a stigma involving one or more flowers.... anemophily(wind)... entomophily(insect)... ornithophily(birds)... chiropterophily(bat)... hydrophily(water)... nectar : watery fluid containing sugar and other dissolved materials secreted by special glands nectaries : floral(on flowers) and extrafloral(elsewhere).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
  • Horticulture
  • Zoologie
DEF

Pollinisation par les chauve-souris.

OBS

chiroptérogame, syn. : chéiroptérophile (adj.) : Se dit des fleurs dont la pollinisation est assurée par la visite de chauve-souris.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Botánica
  • Horticultura
  • Zoología
DEF

Polinización a través de murciélagos.

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Record 2 1998-07-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemistry
DEF

Endophily in relation to water. [Definition standardized by ISO.]

OBS

hydrophily : term standardized by ISO. ]

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chimie
DEF

Endophilie vis-à-vis de l'eau. [Définition normalisée par l'ISO.]

OBS

hydrophilie : terme normalisé par l'ISO.

Spanish

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