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AMPLEXICAUL [2 records]

Record 1 2003-09-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
DEF

Stem-clasping, when the petiole-leaf or stipule is dilated at the base and embraces the stem.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
DEF

Se dit des pédoncules, pétioles, stipules, etc., et surtout des feuilles, lorsqu'ils embrassent la tige.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Botánica
DEF

En Botánica, que abraza o rodea el tallo.

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Record 2 1998-05-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Morphology and General Physiology
  • Plant Biology
DEF

Said of a sessile leaf with its base clasping the stem horizontally.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Morphologie et physiologie générale
  • Biologie végétale
DEF

Du latin «amplexus», qui a embrassé et «caulis», tige. Qualifie des feuilles ou des bractées entourant complètement la tige au niveau de leur insertion. [Le lamier amplexicaule ou les feuilles amplexicaules du «Papaner somniferum».

Spanish

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