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WHITE ROSE [22 records]

Record 1 2024-02-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Festivals, Carnivals and Social Events
CONT

But sales of Moet's $20. 79 White Star champagne rose fully 12 percent as even well-heeled partygoers trimmed their expenses.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Festivals, carnavals et fêtes
DEF

Ceux qui assistent à beaucoup de réceptions.

Spanish

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Record 2 2018-08-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Precious Metals (Metallurgy)
  • Nonferrous Metals and Alloys - Various
DEF

An alloy of gold and at least one white metal (usually nickel, manganese, or palladium).

OBS

The term "white" covers a large spectrum of colors that borders or overlaps pale yellow, tinted brown, and even very pale rose. The jewelry industry often conceals these off-white colors by rhodium plating.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Métaux précieux (Métallurgie)
  • Métaux et alliages non ferreux divers
DEF

Alliage d'or avec un autre métal blanc tel que le nickel, manganèse ou palladium, recouvert de rhodium.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Metales preciosos (Metalurgia)
  • Metales y aleaciones no ferrosos - Varios
DEF

Aleación de oro y algún otro metal blanco, por lo general níquel, manganeso o paladio[,] recubierta de rodio de alto brillo (acabado espejo), debido al brillo ligeramente apagado del metal resultante en algunas mezclas.

OBS

Esta aleación es muy usada en joyería [...] El término "blanco" abarca un amplio espectro de tonalidades que van del amarillo claro, amarronado y hasta un rosa muy claro.

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Record 3 2018-01-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Jewellery
  • Sponges, Hydrozoans and Jellyfish
DEF

The hard calcium carbonate external skeleton of the coral animal. Many individuals build up stony masses of this material which is often cut as a gemstone. The oxblood red color(arciscuro or carbonatto) is most valuable. It also comes in white(blanco), pink, cream-color, pale flesh pink(pelle d’angelo), pale rose(rosa vivo), salmon color(secondo coloro), red(rosso) and dark red(rosso scuro), yellow, brown, blue violet and black.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Joaillerie et bijouterie
  • Éponges, hydres et méduses
DEF

Matière calcaire qui forme les coraux, appréciée en bijouterie et en décoration [...]

OBS

La variété la plus appréciée est le corail rouge noble [...] Sa couleur, uniforme d'un bout à l'autre, va du rose tendre (corail dit «peau d'ange») au rouge sang de bœuf, parfois tacheté de blanc ou de rose.

OBS

corail : terme uniformisé par le Groupe de travail de terminologie du génie.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Artículos de joyería
  • Esponjas, hidrozoarios y medusas
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Record 4 2016-05-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
  • Plant and Crop Production
Universal entry(ies)
DEF

A glabrous much branched shrub or quite a small tree with greyish brown bark. Leaves are opposite, subsessile, elliptic or broadly lanceolate, entire, acute or obtuse, 2-3 cm long and 1-2 cm wide. Flowers are numerous, small, white or rose coloured, fragrant.

CONT

Henna is a plant known as Lawsonia inermis, which grows to be 4-8 feet high. Its leaves are dried and then crushed to make a henna powder that has natural dying properties called tannins.

French

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

Le Henné, Lawsonia inermis est un arbrisseau de la famille des Lythrarées. Il pousse généralement dans les oasis sahariennes. Il n'atteint presque jamais la taille de 1 mètre mais il peut devenir arborescent. Son bois est blanc; il porte des fleurs blanches à quatre pétales disposées en bouquets et parfumées. On en tire en Orient des essences et des huiles odorantes, mais c'est surtout pour ses feuilles que l'on fait un grand commerce car on en tire un pigment naturel qui a de nombreuses vertus.

Spanish

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Record 5 2016-03-10

English

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

Epiphyte to 1 m high with fleshy leaves; racemes often 1/2 m long, crowded with white flowers beautifully dotted and suffused with bright rose, the trowel-shaped lip rosy purple.

OBS

Tropical plant.

French

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

Spanish

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Record 6 2016-03-09

English

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

Crassulaceae family.

OBS

Canary Islands. Much branched shrublet topped by several open rosettes of small spatulate copper-colored succulent leaves and rose-tinted; flowers white whit rose lines.

French

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

Spanish

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Record 7 2016-03-08

English

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

Ranunculaceae family, China, semi-double flowers white, pink or rose.

French

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

Famille des Renonculacées.

OBS

[L'Anemone hupehensis pousse] en Chine. Hauteur 0,75 m à 1,20 m [...] Espèce touffue parente d'Anemone x hybrida. Des rameaux de fleurs rose-mauve, de 5 cm de large, apparaissent d'août à octobre.

Spanish

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Record 8 2016-02-26

English

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

A shrub of the family Rosaceae.

French

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

Arbuste de la famille des Rosacées.

Spanish

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Record 9 2011-11-07

English

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

A plant of the family Rosaceae.

Key term(s)
  • white woolly rose

French

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

Plante de la famille des Rosaceae.

Spanish

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Record 10 2011-02-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Winemaking
CONT

Rosé(Roe-zay)-Pink wine, traditionally made not by blending red and white juice(although some inexpensive wines do this), but by using red grapes and removing the skins from the fermenter before they have had time to impart much color. Also sometimes labeled "Vin Gris"(... literally "gray wine") and, among popular, low-cost American pink wines, "blush". Although the blush fad included, dry, crisp rosé or vin gris can be a refreshing treat on a hot summer day.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industrie vinicole
DEF

Vin rosé à couleur très pâle.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Industria vinícola
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Record 11 2011-02-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemical Elements and Compounds
  • Cosmetology
Universal entry(ies)
C15H31NO2
formula, see observation
142-54-1
CAS number
DEF

A non-ionic surfactant used for emulsifying properties.

CONT

Ibiza Party Shampoo.... Ingredients : oatmilk(Avena sativa), rose water(Rosa centifolia), sodium alkyl sulfate, sodium laureth sulfate, lauramide MIPA, cocamide MEA, glycol cetearate, propylene glycol, white wine vinegar, Jojoba oil(Simmondsia chinensis), lemon oil(Citrus limonum), pimentoberry oil(Pimenta officinalis), grapefruit oil(Citrus grandis), carnation absolute(Dianthus carophyllus), perfume, methylparaben, propylparaben.

OBS

lauramide MIPA: commercial name.

OBS

MIPA: abbreviation for "monoisopropanolamine."

OBS

The capital letter "N" must be italicized.

OBS

Chemical formula: C15H31NO2

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments et composés chimiques
  • Cosmétologie
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
C15H31NO2
formula, see observation
142-54-1
CAS number
OBS

lauramide MIPA : nom commercial.

OBS

La lettre majuscule «N» s'écrit en italique.

OBS

Formule chimique : C15H31NO2

Spanish

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Record 12 2010-04-07

English

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

A plant of the family Ericaceae.

OBS

white rose-bay : preferred common name in the Inventory of Canadian Agricultural Weeds(2003).

Key term(s)
  • white flowered rhododendron
  • white rose bay
  • white rosebay

French

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

Plante de la famille des Ericaceae.

OBS

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

Spanish

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Record 13 2008-02-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Winemaking
CONT

Through the action if its proteinic-caseinic component it partially adsorbs the proanthocyandidins and the monomeric catechins which cause oxidation in wines. The treated wines display a more appealing colour with greenish hues in the case of white wines or with more defined pink hues in the case or rosé wines. In this way it is possible to reduce the use of decolorizing charcoal.

Key term(s)
  • decolorizing coal

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industrie vinicole

Spanish

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Record 14 2003-10-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Poultry Production
OBS

These birds are the largest and heaviest of the Mediterranean fowl. They are accepted in the APA's Standard in Black, Buff and White, and the Blacks and Whites come in both rose and single comb varieties.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Élevage des volailles
OBS

On dit que c'est au 18ème siècle que les Anglais introduisirent chez eux une volaille noire en provenance de l'Ile de Minorque. Elle fut également dénommée "Espagnole à face rouge", mais seul le nom de Minorque a persisté et elle est connue sous ce nom dans le monde entier.

Spanish

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Record 15 2003-10-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Poultry Production
CONT

This ancient breed was brought to England by the Romans. It is a heavy bird with a large, square frame, single or rose comb, and fifth toe. The American Poultry Association recognizes Silver-Gray, Colored, Red, and White Dorkings.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Élevage des volailles
CONT

On prétend même, à ce propos, que la poule Dorking argentée, dont le plumage est très caractéristique, serait notre poule gauloise transportée [...]

Spanish

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Record 16 2003-05-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Equipment (Oil and Natural Gas Extraction)
CONT

The White Rose partners intend to develop the field using a floating production, storage and offloading system(FPSO) and subsea well-head structures located in "glory holes".

CONT

The ’707 and ’119 patents are directed to a subsea wellhead structure.

OBS

wellhead: The equipment installed at the top of the wellbore used to support the casing strings installed in the well and the rate of flow of fluids from the well.

Key term(s)
  • subsea well head structure
  • sub-sea wellhead structure
  • sub-sea well-head structure
  • sub-sea well head structure

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage (Extraction du pétrole et du gaz)
CONT

Le promoteur prévoit d'aménager le champ pétrolifère de White Rose en se servant d'un système de production, de stockage et de déchargement flottant, ainsi que de structures de tête de puits sous-marines situées dans des évacuateurs en puits.

OBS

tête de puits : Équipement installé au sommet du trou de sonde pour supporter les colonnes de tubage installées dans le puits et recueillir le débit des fluides sortant du puits.

Spanish

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Record 17 1996-10-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Winemaking
  • Viticulture
  • Customs and Excise
Key term(s)
  • red table wine
  • white table wine
  • rosé table wine

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industrie vinicole
  • Viticulture
  • Douanes et accise
OBS

Source(s) : Dossier antidumping.

Key term(s)
  • vin de table blanc
  • vin de table rouge
  • vin de table rosé

Spanish

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Record 18 1996-10-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Various Proper Names
  • Software

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appellations diverses
  • Logiciels
OBS

Nom d'un logiciel.

Spanish

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Record 19 1994-06-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sociology of Human Relations
DEF

moving to a lower social class or status.

CONT

[The hero of the film "Sammy and Rose", ] Sammy, a half-Asian, half-English accountant, is married to Rosie, a fashionably dressed "downwardly mobile" white social worker. They live in inner-city London, a polyglot world inhabited by punks, gays, Rastafarians and the unemployed.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sociologie des relations humaines

Spanish

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Record 20 1991-12-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Winemaking
DEF

A category of wine which is redder than white wine but paler than rosé.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industrie vinicole
OBS

vin classé dans la catégorie des rosés : précision fournie au client par le service du contrôle de la qualité de la Régie des alcools du Québec, à Montréal. Selon ce service, on trouve l'expression anglaise dans la documentation.

OBS

Selon le LCBO (Liquor Control Board of Ontario), Andrès Wines Ltd et le Vintage Store, on trouve le terme anglais, c.-à-d. "vin blush" sur les étiquettes françaises.

Spanish

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Record 21 1986-08-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Antique Ceramics (Museums and Heritage)
  • Porcelain and Fine Ceramics
DEF

A type of Chinese porcelain named after Batavia, the Dutch trading port in Java, from which ware was shipped to Europe during the first half of the 18th century by the Dutch East India Company.

OBS

It has a lustrous brown ground with fan-shaped white reserves painted in famille rose colours or underglaze blue;...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Céramique ancienne (Muséologie et Patrimoine)
  • Porcelaines
OBS

Des vases et des potiches, dits de Batavia, portent des décors de "famille verte" ou de "famille rose" en réserve sur un fond brun foncé (dit aussi "capucin".

Spanish

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Record 22 1985-10-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Heraldry
CONT

The rose, either red or white, survived in sweet simplicity till Tudor times, when the one, of a small diameter, was superimposed upon the other, as a symbol that the Yorkists and Lancastrians were united. This symbolism is well conceived and the Tudor Rose, as it is called, is itself a thing of beauty...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Héraldique
OBS

La rose héraldique revêt la forme de l'églantine. Elle a donc normalement cinq pétales; (...)

CONT

La guerre des Deux-Roses [en Grande-Bretagne] se termine en 1485 par la fusion de la rose blanche (York) et de la rose rouge (Lancastre) dans la rose Tudor.

Spanish

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