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Record 1 2012-02-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Landscape Architecture
DEF

A particularly good-looking and representative plant of a species grown for its fine shape, size, color, and texture and often displayed as such in landscape planting.

CONT

A specimen plant may be a free-standing element ... which is placed in an open lawn area to function as a dynamic piece of sculpture seen from all sides. Or a specimen might be located in a mass of lesser plant material ... to act as a dominant element of the plant composition.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Architecture paysagère
DEF

Plante de forme ou de couleur frappantes [qui] peut devenir le point de mire de l'aménagement.

CONT

Nous devrons attacher une importance particulière à la présentation de plantes spécimens, car souvent le public est avide de découvrir ce que tel petit plant vendu sur le marché deviendra à l'âge adulte dans son propre jardin ou son appartement.

Spanish

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