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ZINNIA [7 records]

Record 1 2023-05-15

English

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

A plant genus of the family Asteraceae.

French

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

Genre de plantes de la famille des Asteraceae.

Spanish

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Record 2 2022-02-28

English

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

A plant of the family Compositae.

Key term(s)
  • narrow-leaved zinnia

French

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

Plante de la famille des Compositae.

Spanish

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Record 3 2022-02-28

English

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

A plant of the family Compositae.

French

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

Plante de la famille des Compositae.

Spanish

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Record 4 2016-09-01

English

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

The flowers of the original flowering tobacco are very fragrant and open at night. During the day, the night flowering varieties might look weedy.

OBS

Named for Jean Nicot, French consul to Portugal, who first presented tobacco to the courts of Portugal and France.

French

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

La liste des semis de fleurs à faire en mars comprend l'alysse, l'impatiente, le muflier, l'oeillet, l'oeillet d’Inde, le pourpier, le pyrèthre, la reine-marguerite, la rose trémière, la rudbeckie, la sauge, le tabac odorant(Nicotiana) et le zinnia.

CONT

La sauge pousse bien dans un endroit légèrement ombragé tandis que la nicotiana ou tabac odorant prospère aussi bien dans un emplacement partiellement ombragé qu’en plein soleil.

Spanish

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Record 5 2005-02-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Gemmology
  • Diamond Industry
DEF

A 76 facet round shape mixed cut.

CONT

Nicholas Oppenheimer, chairman of the Central Selling Organization (CSO), presented five new diamond cutting designs at the 24th World Diamond Congress in Singapore in August 1989. The cuts are registered as Fire-Rose, Sunflower, Zinnia, Marigold, and Dahlia.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gemmologie
  • Industrie diamantaire
DEF

Taille mixte de forme ronde à 76 facettes.

Spanish

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Record 6 1985-05-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plant Diseases
  • Flowers and Ornamentals (Horticulture)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Maladies des plantes
  • Floriculture

Spanish

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Record 7 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique

Spanish

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