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Record 1 2021-02-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Seed Plants (Spermatophyta)
Universal entry(ies)
Malva verticillata
Latin
OBS

A plant of the family Malvaceae.

OBS

whorled mallow : preferred common name in the Inventory of Canadian Agricultural Weeds(2003).

Key term(s)
  • curled cheese-weed

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plantes à graines (Spermatophyta)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Malva verticillata
Latin
OBS

Plante de la famille des Malvaceae.

OBS

mauve verticillée : nom à privilégier selon l'Inventaire des mauvaises herbes du Canada (2003).

Spanish

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Record 2 2019-12-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Seed Plants (Spermatophyta)
Universal entry(ies)
Asclepias subverticillata
Latin
OBS

A plant of the family Apocynaceae.

OBS

whorled milkweed : common name also used to refer to the species Asclepias verticillata.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plantes à graines (Spermatophyta)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Asclepias subverticillata
Latin
OBS

Plante de la famille des Apocynaceae.

Spanish

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Record 3 2019-12-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Seed Plants (Spermatophyta)
Universal entry(ies)
Asclepias verticillata
Latin
OBS

A plant of the familiy Apocynaceae.

OBS

whorled milkweed : common name also used to refer to the species Asclepias subverticillata.

OBS

eastern whorled milkweed : preferred common name in the Inventory of Canadian Agricultural Weeds(2003).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plantes à graines (Spermatophyta)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Asclepias verticillata
Latin
OBS

Plante de la famille des Apocynaceae.

OBS

asclépiade verticillée : nom à privilégier selon l'Inventaire des mauvaises herbes du Canada (2003).

Spanish

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Record 4 2018-03-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Genetics
DEF

An undeveloped gonadal structure found in the broad ligament below the fallopian tube and composed of whorled connective tissue strima with no germinal or secretory cells; seen most often in Turner's syndrome. Phenotypic development is female.

CONT

(Ovarian dysgenesis) L. Wilkins and Fleischmann (1944) further showed that this was the essential defect when they demonstrated that "streak gonads" devoid of ovarian follicles were found instead of normal ovaries.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Génétique
DEF

Structure gonadique non développée que l'on trouve dans le ligament large situé sous le tube de Fallope, formée d'un stroma de tissu conjonctif en tourbillon et ne comprenant ni cellules germinales ni cellules sécrétoires. On la rencontre surtout dans le syndrome de Turner. Le développement phénotypique est féminin.

CONT

(Syndrome de Turner) La cœlioscopie, ou une laparotomie, mettent en évidence l'atrophie des gonades qui sont réduites à des bandelettes fibreuses.

Spanish

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Record 5 2016-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
Universal entry(ies)
Allamanda cathartica
Latin
DEF

Robust shrubby, tropical clamberer with whorled, long, leathery, glossy leaves to 12 cm long; large wax-like, funnel-shaped golden flowers 6-8 cm across. With its showy flowers one of the most satisfactory summer bloomers in a sunny location.

OBS

Apocynaceae family (So. America: Brazil).

OBS

Allamanda: About 12 spp. of erect or clambering shrubs with milky sap, some lianalike, native to trop. America ... In warm countries they thrive in profusion on walls and fences.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Allamanda cathartica
Latin
OBS

Fleur tropicale originaire des îles caraïbes de la famille des Apocynacées.

Spanish

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Record 6 2016-03-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
Universal entry(ies)
Abies
Latin
abies
Latin
DEF

Any of a group of large cone-bearing evergreen trees in the pine family.... They tend to be pyramid-shaped, with whorled, spreading branches.

DEF

common name ... applied to about 40 species constituting the genus Abies of the family Pinaceae.

OBS

Each cone is in an upright position ....

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Abies
Latin
abies
Latin
DEF

Nom français des arbres du genre Abies, Gymnospermes du groupe des conifères.

CONT

Sapin. [...] Ces arbres, qui atteignent souvent une grande taille, possèdent un tronc unique dont l'écorce devient écailleuse. Branches se développant par verticilles. [...] Feuilles persistantes [...] Fruits : cônes dressés [...] Environ 40 espèces, toutes dans l'hémisphère Nord, souvent en de vastes forêts.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Botánica
Entrada(s) universal(es)
Abies
Latin
abies
Latin
DEF

Árbol perennifolio, monoico, de la familia pináceas, de porte majestuoso, que alcanza hasta 50-60 m de altura.

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Record 7 2015-07-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Furs and Fur Industry
  • Wool Industry
CONT

Astrakhan(also spelled astrachan) is, properly speaking, the tightly curled fleece of the fetal or newborn karakul(also spelled caracul) lamb.... Astrakhan has a distinctive tight, whorled, loopy surface with a slight sheen. The younger the lamb, the tighter and shinier the loops. True astrakhan comes in a range of colours from pale golden yellow to black, though black is the most desirable.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pelleteries et fourrures
  • Industrie lainière
DEF

[...] Fourrure bouclée de jeune agneau karakul tué entre 2 et 3 jours (ce qui lui confère son bouclage particulier) qui transitait à l'origine par la ville d'Astrakhan [...]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Peletería
  • Industria lanera
DEF

La piel del cordero recién nacido de la raza Karakul; generalmente, es de color negro, brillante y con un rizado característico.

OBS

Para obtener la piel, el animal debe ser sacrificado dentro de las 24 horas de su nacimiento.

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Record 8 1998-02-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Silviculture
  • Forestry Operations
DEF

In conifers, particularly Pines, the abnormal terminal elongation of the stem without the development of side branches(whorled or otherwise), sometimes for several years.

OBS

"Monopodal" is considered as a deprecated key term by the authors of "Terminology of Forest Science, Technology Practice and Products" (FOFOR).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sylviculture
  • Exploitation forestière
OBS

Voir «hypertrophie terminale» dans le Vocabulaire de la foresterie et des produits forestiers, p. 136 (code : FO-29-18-2).

Spanish

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Record 9 1980-07-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sponges, Hydrozoans and Jellyfish
OBS

Such dislocations create fresh substrates for encrusting organisms and help to establish coral communities on the steep lower slopes, particularly the platelike whorled colonies of Agaricia.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éponges, hydres et méduses
OBS

Ces effondrements créent de nouveaux substrats pour les organismes encroûtants et concourent à l'établissement de communautés coralliennes (en particulier les colonies lamellaires d'Agaricia) sur les parties inférieures très raides de la pente récifale.

Spanish

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