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GRAMINEE [3 records]

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Record 1 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 2 2005-04-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique

Spanish

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Record 3 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plant Biology

French

Domaine(s)
  • Biologie végétale
DEF

Se dit des plantes dont la tige constitue un chaume.

Spanish

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