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ARROWWOOD [5 records]

Record 1 2021-12-07

English

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

A plant of the family Adoxaceae.

Key term(s)
  • arrowwood viburnum

French

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

Plante de la famille des Adoxaceae.

Spanish

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Record 2 2021-07-30

English

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

A plant of the family Adoxaceae.

Key term(s)
  • soft-leaf arrow-wood

French

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

Plante de la famille Adoxaceae.

Spanish

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Record 3 2016-03-11

English

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

About 225 species of upright shrubs occasionally small trees native to America, Europe and Asia ... Virbunums are among the most popular ornamentals shrubs, many of them develop attractive autumn colors, and they make good bird refuges because of their autumn and winter fruits.

French

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

Arbuste habitant l'Europe, l'Asie, l'Amérique du Nord et l'Insulinde, aux feuilles opposées, parfois verticillées par 3, entières, caduques ou rarement persistantes suivant les espèces. (Le genre viburnum compte 120 espèces; famille des caprifoliacées; autre nom mancienne.) -Encycl. Les fleurs, blanches ou roses, sont réunies en corymbes ou en panicules ombelliformes, les fleurs stériles étant généralement plus grandes que les fleurs fertiles; à la fin de l'été, chacun des fruits rouges prend brusquement et tour à tour une teinte noire.

Spanish

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Record 4 2011-10-05

English

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

A plant of the family Adoxaceae.

Key term(s)
  • downy leaved arrowwood

French

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

Plante de la famille des Adoxaceae.

Spanish

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Record 5 2007-11-20

English

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

Coarse shrub or small tree; leaves exstipulate, elliptic-obovate, 5-15 cm, tapering to a short petiole, veined and toothed; imflorescences rounded, oppositely branched, the branches becoming red in autumn, flowers at first pink, becoming blue-black.

OBS

A shrub of the family Carprifoliaceae, introduced from Japan.

French

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

Arbuste aux feuilles obovales de 5 à 15 cm, sans stipule, pétiole court, inflorescences en cyme; fruits sont d'abord roses, puis deviennent bleu foncé.

OBS

Arbuste de la famille des Caprifoliaceae, introduit du Japon.

Spanish

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