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PRIMORDIUM [2 records]

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Record 1 2003-06-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Embryology
DEF

Any group of embryonic cells when first identifiable as a future organ or body part.

DEF

The embryonic basis of any developed part, a rudiment, a primordium, a fundament.

OBS

... has been variously rendered as Rudiment, Inception, Primordium, Fundament.

Key term(s)
  • primordia

French

Domaine(s)
  • Embryologie
DEF

[...] cellule ou complexe de cellules embryonnaires qui deviendra dans la suite du développement, une cellule d'une nature déterminée ou un organe déterminé.

OBS

pluriel : primordiums ou primordia.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Embriología
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Record 2 1996-03-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
CONT

From each bump, or primordium, a new leaf will grow. As the stem grows and the dome is pushed upward, new primordia continue to appear; meanwhile, the older, better-developed primordia continue to grow up and around the newer primordia, overhanging and protecting the newcomer. The primordia form one after another with strict regularity. Indeed, if one knows the species and the location of two or three previously formed primordia, one can predict exactly where the next primordium will form.

CONT

young foliar primordium.

Key term(s)
  • primordia
  • foliar primordium

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
CONT

jeune ébauche foliaire.

Key term(s)
  • ébauche foliaire

Spanish

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