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CAMARA [5 records]

Record 1 2016-02-10

English

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

A plant of the family Verbenaceae.

OBS

Lantana camara L.

French

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

Plante de la famille des Verbenaceae.

OBS

Lantana camara L.

Spanish

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Record 2 2001-08-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Food Additives
  • Paints and Varnishes (Industries)
DEF

An exudate from the pores of the leaves of the Brazilian wax palm tree(Copernicia prunifera).(Muell.) H. E. Moore(Copernicia cerifera(Arruda da Camara) Mart.), Palmae.

CONT

Carnauba wax [is used as a] candy glaze and polish [,] in cosmetic materials such as depilatories and deodorant sticks; in the last stage in tablet coating.

CONT

Carnauba wax. ... Used in coating drugs and polishing candy, as well as in cosmetology and the manufacture of varnishes.

OBS

Save for the Merck Index, all authors mention "Copernicia cerifera" as source of carnauba wax.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Additifs alimentaires
  • Peintures et vernis (Industries)
DEF

Cire fournie par un palmier du Brésil (Copernicia cerifera), dont elle constitue le revêtement foliaire. (Elle est utilisée pour la fabrication de vernis et cirages et l'enrobage de médicaments.)

CONT

Cire de carnauba. [...] On l'emploie pour l'enrobage de médicaments, le polissage des bonbons [...] et en cosmétologie.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Aditivos alimentarios
  • Pinturas y barnices (Industrias)
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Record 3 1994-07-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Artificial Intelligence
DEF

Application of gray scale structuring elements to filter a gray scale image, usually to enhance surface flaws in an object in the field of view of the camara.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Intelligence artificielle
OBS

Projet de norme ISO sur la visionique.

Spanish

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Record 4 1989-01-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
DEF

Any of numerous chiefly tropical plants belonging to the genus Lantana, of the verbena family, certain species of which as Lantana camara, are cultivated for their aromatic flowers of yellow and orange or blue and violet.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
DEF

Plante dicotylédone (Verbénacées) communément appelée, camara, arbrisseau ou arbuste exotique, cultivé dans les serres d'Europe pour ses fleurs aux couleurs changeantes, du jaune d'or au vermillon. On trouve aussi la forme latine lantana.

Spanish

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Record 5 1977-10-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
OBS

Proximal inflated portion of [the] autotheca in [Graptolites of the order] Camaroidea.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
OBS

Autothèques très spéciales, renflées à la base en forme de gourdes [appelées camara.]

Spanish

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