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EXOTIQUE [4 records]

Record 1 2015-03-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ecosystems
  • Silviculture
DEF

[Said of an] introduced, non-native tree species.

PHR

Exotic species.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Écosystèmes
  • Sylviculture
DEF

Se dit d'une essence introduite, non indigène.

PHR

Essence exotique.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Ecosistemas
  • Silvicultura
DEF

[Dícese de una] especie que no es indígena en el área que se considera.

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Record 2 2003-07-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plant and Crop Production
  • Industrial Crops
  • Tobacco Industry
CONT

Foreign tobacco.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cultures (Agriculture)
  • Culture des plantes industrielles
  • Industrie du tabac
DEF

Non originaire d'un pays, d'un écosystème ou d'une écozone particulière.

OBS

Opposé à «indigène».

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Producción vegetal
  • Cultivo de plantas industriales
  • Industria tabacalera
DEF

No nativo a un país, ecosistema o ecoárea en particular.

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Record 3 1999-10-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
DEF

Applied to a boulder, block, or larger rock body unrelated to the rocks with which it is now associated, which has been moved from its place of origin by one or several processes.

OBS

Exotic masses of tectonic origin are also allochthonous ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
DEF

[...] qui provient d'ailleurs (souvent amené par charriage).

CONT

Bloc exotique.

Spanish

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Record 4 1985-12-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Investment

French

Domaine(s)
  • Investissements et placements
DEF

Se dit d'un emprunteur qui comporte un risque élevé pour l'investisseur et dont la cote de crédit est basse.

Spanish

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