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MONOCOTYLEDONE [6 records]

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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2016-03-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
Universal entry(ies)
Crocus sativus
Latin
DEF

The plant that produces saffron, a low bullows herb ... The saffron resembles the ordinary spring crocus, with handsome purple flowers.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Crocus sativus
Latin
DEF

Plante monocotylédone(iridacées), appelée couramment crocus, dont les fleurs portent des stigmates orangés [...]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Botánica
Entrada(s) universal(es)
Crocus sativus
Latin
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Record 2 2016-03-04

English

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

A genus of Old World bulbous herbs (family Amaryllidaceae) having erect linear leaves and showy yellow or white or bicolor flowers with a large cup-shaped corona.

French

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

Herbe vivace monocotylédone bulbeuse d’Eurasie et d’Afrique du Nord.(Famille des amaryllidacées).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Botánica
Entrada(s) universal(es)
Narcissus
Latin
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Record 3 2016-03-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
Universal entry(ies)
Damasonium stellatum
Latin
DEF

A European water plant (Damasonium stellatum) of the family Alismatacea having spreading pointed carpels.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Damasonium stellatum
Latin
DEF

Petite plante monocotylédone aquatique.(Damasonium stellatum peut servir à la décoration des mares; il a des fleurs blanc rosé en ombelle, qui donnent un fruit étoilé. Famille des alismacées.

Spanish

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Record 4 2016-01-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Polar Geography
  • Botany
Universal entry(ies)
Leucojum
Latin
DEF

Any of a genus (leucojum) of European bulbous plants of the liky family with drooping white flowers.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géographie du froid
  • Botanique
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Leucojum
Latin
DEF

Plante monocotylédone(Armaryllidées) qui ressemble au perce-neige, et qui croît dans les bois et les prés.

Spanish

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Record 5 2010-09-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
DEF

Any plant in the Gramineae family. The grasses are predominantly monocotyledonous herbs characterized by narrow, elongated leaves with parallel veins that grow from the stem at nodes. Small flowers which lack petals and sepals arise from the stem atop the most recent leaf growth.

CONT

grass pollen allergens. The grasses constitute a huge family of closely related genera with more than 10 000 known species ... It has been calculated that grass pollen allergy is responsible for between 10% and 30% of the type I allergies in the world.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
DEF

Plante monocotylédone, à feuilles engainantes simples et rubanées, à tige généralement creuse(chaume), à fleurs généralement hermaphrodites sans calice ni corolle, à inflorescences en épis [...]. La famille des graminées comprend des céréales(blé, riz, avoine, orge, maïs, sorgho, mil, millet), des espèces constituant les prairies naturelles et les pelouses(fétuques, pâturins, agrostis, crételle des prés, flouve odorante, brome des prés, ray-grass).

CONT

Plantes allergisantes de la grande saison et la prairie. Toutes les graminées ont une composition antigénique analogue. (Atlas pratique d’écologie médicale appliquée à l’allergologie, 1977, page 43).

Spanish

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Record 6 1998-07-09

English

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

An angiosperm whose seed contains a single, parallel-veined embryonic leaf. Such a plant usually has flowering parts in threes, parallel leaf venation, and monocolpate pollen. Examples include grasses, palms, and lilies. Monocotyledons range from the Cretaceous.

French

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

Classe d’angiospermes dont la graine possède une plantule à un seul cotylédon, et comprenant les graminées, les orchidées, les palmiers, les liliacées, etc.

Spanish

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