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Record 1 2016-03-02

English

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

Common name for the genus Fraxinus of the olive family (Oleaceae), comprising 70 species of Northern Hemisphere trees, many valuable for their timber and beauty.

OBS

The leaves are opposite, usually deciduous, and compound with an odd number of leaflets, rarely one. The one-seeded fruits are winged ... The flowers usually are inconspicuous, but some species have petalled blooms.

French

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

Arbre forestier à feuilles opposées et pennées, à bourgeons noirs ou brun jaunâtre, à écorce grisâtre et assez lisse, à fleurs uni- ou bisexuées en panicules paraissant avant les feuilles et dont les fruits sont des samares. (Famille des oléacées.)

CONT

[...] Fraxinus, le Frêne (60 esp., hémisphère Nord) [...] Utilisations. -Deux plantes de grande importance économique : l'une fruitière et oléagineuse l'Olivier, Olea europaea, l'autre le Frêne, Fraxinus comme arbre de parcs et comme producteur de bois.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Botánica
Entrada(s) universal(es)
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