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SHORTHUSK [1 record]

Record 1 2016-02-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

Perennial [of the family Gramineae] with simple culms from short knotty rhizomes, a single species of N. America and e. Asia.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Graminée sans importance économique, Amérique du Nord et est de l'Asie.

Spanish

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