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Record 1 2016-01-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Silviculture
  • Botany
  • Ecology (General)
  • Plant Biology
Universal entry(ies)
sempervirens
Latin
DEF

Having green leaves all the year round.

OBS

In trees of this kind, the leaves of the past season remain on the tree until the new ones are completely formed as in the holly, holly-oak, pine, etc.

OBS

Opposed to "deciduous".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sylviculture
  • Botanique
  • Écologie (Généralités)
  • Biologie végétale
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
sempervirens
Latin
DEF

Se dit de diverses plantes qui ont des feuilles toute l'année, [spécialement] quand des espèces voisines perdent leurs feuilles à l'automne.

CONT

Dans ces forêts sempervirentes, les distinctions entre les formations s'appuieront sur quelques caractères physionomiques et floristiques : la composition de la forêt, son homogénéité ou sa variété [...]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Silvicultura
  • Botánica
  • Ecología (Generalidades)
  • Biología vegetal
Entrada(s) universal(es)
sempervirens
Latin
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Record 2 2004-10-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plant and Crop Production
  • Silviculture
DEF

A plant that retains its leaves or needles longer than one growing season so that leaves are present throughout the whole year.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cultures (Agriculture)
  • Sylviculture
OBS

Plante toujours verte.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Producción vegetal
  • Silvicultura
DEF

Plantas que se mantienen siempre verdes porque las hojas viejas no se desprenden hasta que se han desarrollado las nuevas (y a veces pueden conservarse durante varios años).

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