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Record 1 2012-05-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plant Biology
  • Ecology (General)
  • Botany
DEF

Said of a plant which lasts only for a year.

CONT

The dying in the winter of the roots of plants that are annual.

CONT

When a bulb flowers from its terminal bud, in its first season of growth, it is annual.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Biologie végétale
  • Écologie (Généralités)
  • Botanique
DEF

Se dit des plantes qui ne vivent qu'un an.

OBS

S'emploie la plupart du temps au féminin («annuelle») parce que presque toujours employé en apposition avec le terme «plante». Opposé à «plante bisannuelle» et à «plante vivace». Voir aussi «plante annuelle» dans TERMIUM.

Key term(s)
  • annuelle

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Biología vegetal
  • Ecología (Generalidades)
  • Botánica
DEF

[Dícese de la] planta que nace, se desarrolla, florece y fructifica durante un solo período vegetativo.

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