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INDIGENE [4 records]

Record 1 2012-09-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Epidemiology
DEF

Is said of a disease acquired in the place where the patient is located.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Épidémiologie
DEF

En médecine, se dit d'une infection contractée au lieu même où vit le malade.

Spanish

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Record 2 2012-03-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ecology (General)
  • Botany
  • Zoology
DEF

An animal or plant ... indigenous, or peculiar to a country or locality; one not imported or acclimatized.

CONT

The marmout is chiefly a native of the Alps.

CONT

The plants are principally natives of marshy places in New Holland.

CONT

The pine has never been a native of Denmark in historical times.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Écologie (Généralités)
  • Botanique
  • Zoologie
DEF

Animal ou plante qui vit, qui croît naturellement dans une région.

OBS

Ne pas confondre avec «aborigène», qui se rapporte aux animaux et aux végétaux qui sont originaires du pays dans lequel ils vivent, ou avec «autochtone», qui ne s'emploie qu'en parlant des personnes.

Spanish

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Record 3 2004-06-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ecology (General)
  • Botany
  • Zoology
DEF

Produced in or belonging to a certain country; of indigenous origin, production, or growth, as opposed to what is foreign or exotic.

CONT

Even now, when such numbers of our native flowers ought to be in full perfection, they are scarcely to be found.

OBS

indigenous: this term is used primarily of aboriginal inhabitants or of natural products that are produced naturally in a land or region, that belong naturally to the soil or to a region.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Écologie (Généralités)
  • Botanique
  • Zoologie
DEF

Qui vit, croît naturellement (dans une région).

CONT

Arbres, plantes indigènes et plantes importées. Le maïs, la pomme de terre ne sont pas indigènes en France.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Ecología (Generalidades)
  • Botánica
  • Zoología
CONT

Las especies nativas son aquellas que siempre formaron parte de la vida natural propia de un lugar [...] Las plantas y animales exóticos son aquellos que provienen de otros continentes o regiones.

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Record 4 1991-11-28

English

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

Domestic tobacco

French

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

Culture indigène

Spanish

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