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PALEAE [2 records]

Record 1 2011-12-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
DEF

The uppermost of the two bracts (lemma and palea) which subtend a grass floret, often partially surrounded by the lemma.

OBS

plural :paleae

OBS

palea: Term used at the Canadian Grain Commission.

Key term(s)
  • paleae

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
DEF

Ches les graminées (Poaceae), pièce florale sessile insérée en position supérieure sur l'épillet et parfois sur l'axe secondaire de celui-ci.

CONT

Chaque fleur est enveloppée par ses deux glumelles, la lemme et la paléole.

OBS

paléa : Terme en usage à la Commission canadienne des grains.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Botánica
DEF

Bráctea superior, membranosa, de las dos que se encuentran en la flor de las gramíneas.

CONT

[Glumela] superior de las dos brácteas que envuelven la flor de las gramíneas en el flósculo; generalmente es 2-nervada y 2-aquillada.

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Record 2 1998-04-09

English

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

a capitulum furnished with small scaly bracts or paleae.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
  • Biologie végétale
  • Morphologie et physiologie générale
OBS

Qui a l'apparence d'une paillette, ou qui est hérissé de paillettes.

Spanish

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