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DIOECIOUS [12 records]

Record 1 2022-07-19

English

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

A plant of the family Cyperaceae.

French

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

Plante de la famille des Cyperaceae.

Spanish

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Record 2 2019-09-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plant Biology
  • Genetics
CONT

Cross-fertilization, also called allogamy, the fusion of male and female gametes(sex cells) from different individuals of the same species. Cross-fertilization must occur in dioecious plants(those having male and female organs on separate individuals)...

Key term(s)
  • cross-fertilisation

French

Domaine(s)
  • Biologie végétale
  • Génétique
DEF

Mode de reproduction sexuée qui consiste en l'union de deux gamètes issues de deux individus (chez les végétaux, les fleurs) différents.

OBS

allopollinisation : Certains auteurs considèrent que les termes «allopollinisation» et «allogamie» sont synonymes. Ce point de vue peut être justifié par le fait que l'allopollinisation est nécessairement conclue par une fécondation, et ce, peu importe le temps écoulée entre les deux événements.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Biología vegetal
  • Genética
DEF

Polinización de una flor por polen ajeno al propio.

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Record 3 2018-01-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Seed Plants (Spermatophyta)
  • Culture of Fruit Trees
  • Drug and Beverage Crops
Universal entry(ies)
DEF

A very slender, erect, dioecious palm with solitary trunk, 10 to 30 m high... much cultivated for the nut which is chewed with lime and wrapped in the leaf of Piper betel, a mild stimulant.

OBS

betel nut palm: term extracted from the "Glossaire de l’agriculture" and reproduced with permission of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plantes à graines (Spermatophyta)
  • Arboriculture fruitière
  • Culture des plantes alcaloïfères
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
DEF

Grand palmier d'Asie équatoriale dont le fruit est la noix d'arec et dont le bourgeon terminal (cœur de palmier ou chou palmiste) est comestible.

OBS

aréquier : terme extrait du «Glossaire de l'agriculture» et reproduit avec l’autorisation de l’Organisation de coopération et de développement économiques.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Plantas con semilla (Spermatophyta)
  • Fruticultura
  • Cultivo de plantas que contienen alcaloides
Entrada(s) universal(es)
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Record 4 2016-05-10

English

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

Marula(Sclerocarya birrea subs. caffra, Anacardiaceae) is a large dioecious deciduous tree found in southern Africa, mostly south of the Zambesi river. The tree is highly prized by local people for its fruits. Female trees bear plum-sized stone fruits with a thick yellow peel and a translucent, white, highly aromatic, sweet-sour flesh which is eaten fresh, or used to prepare juices and alcoholic beverages. The seeds inside the stone are also eaten they have a delicate nutty taste and a high nutritive value.

French

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

Arbre fruitier d'Afrique du Sud.

Spanish

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Record 5 2016-03-15

English

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

Magnoliaceae family.

OBS

Twenty-five species of twining, dioecious or monoecious shrubs, native to east Asia and east North America.

French

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

Famille des Magnoliacées.

OBS

Arbrisseau grimpant à lianes et rameaux ?

Spanish

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Record 6 2016-03-10

English

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

A family of herbaceous or woody climbers... having small 3-parted dioecious flowers and curved embryo.

CONT

Tubocurarine comes from Chondrodendron tomentosum, a forest liana of the moonseed family that serves as an ingredient of many kinds of curare.

French

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

La famille des ménispermacées compte environ trois cent cinquante espèces, réparties en soixante-dix genres [...]

Key term(s)
  • ménispermacée
  • ménispermacées

Spanish

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Record 7 2016-03-10

English

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

Palmlike, dioecious low plant of the family Zamiaceae. Native to Florida and West Indies.

French

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

Spanish

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Record 8 2016-03-09

English

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

A widely distributed family of trees and shrubs(order sapindales) comprising the sumacs, cashews, and related plants and having compound leaves, small regular dioecious or perfect flowers and drupaceous fruits.

Key term(s)
  • cashew family

French

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

Famille des régions tempérées et tropicales. Environ 600 espèces d'arbres, arbustes et vignes à sève soit résineuse, âcre ou caustique.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Botánica
Entrada(s) universal(es)
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Record 9 2016-01-18

English

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

About 8-10 species of submersed, dioecious, grasslike aquatic herbs, native to tropical and temperate regions... occasionally grown in aquaria or pools.

French

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

Plante des eaux stagnantes, dont la fécondation a lieu à la surface de l'eau et la fructification dans l'eau. (Famille des hydrocharidacées.)

Spanish

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Record 10 2012-07-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plant Biology
  • Botany
DEF

In botany, unisexual, with male and female flowers on separate plants, such as in holly and willow.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Biologie végétale
  • Botanique
DEF

Se dit d'une plante dont les fleurs staminées et les fleurs pistillées sont sur deux pieds différents.

Spanish

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

[Dícese de una] especie vegetal que tiene las flores femeninas y las masculinas en plantas diferentes.

OBS

dioecia: En botánica, grado avanzado de diversificación sexual cuando se diferencian individuos masculinos y femeninos en distintos pies.

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Record 11 2011-12-02

English

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

A submerged marine plant(Thalassia testudinum) of the family Hydrocharitaceae of the coasts of Florida and the West Indies with elongated linear leaves and dioecious flowers.

French

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

Spanish

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

[...] la hierba de tortuga, Thalassia testudinum es una especie con una granplasticidad lo que le ha permitido adaptarse a fenómenos adversos del ambiente en el que se desarrollan tal como: alta temperatura del agua y desecación (exposición directa al sol) en ciertos períodos del año, sedimentación, descarga excesiva de nutrientes, presencia de epífitos, turbidez del agua y otros fenómenosque pueden afectar la intensidad de luz que necesitan estas plantas para fotosintetizar en un ambiente marino.

OBS

Pasto marino.

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Record 12 1977-07-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
OBS

[Bivalves of the] family Pectinidae(...) [have a] shell varying in size, orbicular to oval, [the] valves of some shells [are] equally convex but usually one valve [is] more inflated than [the] other, [the] margins [are] usually, but not invariably closed; [the] umbos [are] central, on either side of which are triangular auricles(ears), [the] anterior one on [the] RV [is] usually with [a] distinct byssal notch or indentation below it; [the] surface [is] smooth or with radial ribs or folds, some species with concentric sculpture of raised lamellae; [the] interior [is] smooth or with fine radial riblets; [the] hinge line [is] straight; [the] external ligament [is] obsolete or nearly so, [the] resilium internal, amphidetic, in [a] triangular pit below [the] umbones; young shells(...) [have] small taxodont teeth which become obsolete later; cardinal crura or laminae [are] commonly present; diverging from either side of [the] ligamental pit; rounded laminae(auricular crura) [are] present on [the] interior of some shells where [the] auricles join [the] valves; adults [are] monomyarian, with posterior adductors only; [they are] free, attached by [a] byssus or cemented by RV; [the] upper(L) valve [is] usually more brightly colored; [the] margin of [the] mantle(...) [has] short filaments and commonly(...) [has] eyes; dioecious(...). "Trias.-Rec. ".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
OBS

[Les Lamellibranches de la] famille des Pectinidae (...) [ont une] coquille équilatérale, équivalve ou inéquivalve, libre ou fixée, soit par un byssus qui passe dans une échancrure de l'oreillette antérieure de la valve droite, soit par soudure directe de la région umbonale de la valve droite; [des] crochets médians; [un] bord cardinal droit prolongé en deux oreillettes; [une] fossette ligamentaire triangulaire centrale; [un] ligament rarement visible extérieurement; [une] charnière faite (surtout chez le jeune) de lames symétriques par rapport au ligament - charnière de type isodonte -; [une] ligne palléale entière; une seule impression musculaire subcentrale.

Spanish

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