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ARTICULATA [3 records]

Record 1 2016-02-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
  • Parks and Botanical Gardens
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

A vigorous twining vine of the family Celastraceae. The scientific names Celastrus articulatus and Celastrus articulata are obsolete.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
  • Parcs et jardins botaniques
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Arbuste grimpant de la famille des célastracées. Les noms scientifiques suivants : Celastrus articulatus et Celastrus articulata sont caducs.

Spanish

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Record 2 2013-10-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mineralogy
Universal entry(ies)
DEF

A bright-red to orange-red monoclinic mineral [which] occurs as nodules in ore veins and as a massive or granular deposit from some hot springs, and ... is frequently associated with orpiment.

OBS

In mineralogy, sandarac, or sandarach, may refer to realgar or native arsenic disulphide, but is generally... a resin obtained from the small coniferous tree Tetraclinis articulata...

OBS

... used as a pigment and in pyrotechnics.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Minéralogie
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
DEF

Minéral (sulfure) du système cristallin monoclinique, dimorphe avec le pararéalgar [...], de couleur rouge orangé et se [présentant] en cristaux prismatiques ou aciculaires à cassure résineuse.

CONT

Les principaux minerais d'arsenic sont le réalgar AsS (arsenic rouge) et l'orpiment As2S3 (arsenic jaune); [...]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Mineralogía
Entrada(s) universal(es)
CONT

Rejalgar [...] cristaliza en el sistema monoclínico; se encuentra en forma de prismas de color rojo vivo, con frecuencia en los mismos filones que el oropimente, y se beneficia como mena del arsénico.

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Record 3 2002-09-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
DEF

One of a class of Brachiopoda(the Articulata) in which the shells are held together along the hinge line by means of articulating devices of various kinds.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
DEF

[Brachiopode dont] les deux valves sont réunies par un «appareil cardinal» ou «charnière» qui fait corps avec elles [...]

Spanish

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