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VEGETATION [3 records]

Record 1 2015-04-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ecology (General)
DEF

The general cover of plants growing on the landscape.

OBS

vegetation: term used by Parks Canada.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Écologie (Généralités)
DEF

Ensemble de la couverture végétale, naturelle ou non.

OBS

végétation : terme en usage à Parcs Canada.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Ecología (Generalidades)
DEF

Conjunto de plantas y de asociaciones vegetales que viven en un mismo lugar.

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Record 2 2007-04-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Landscape Architecture
  • Plant and Crop Production
DEF

An all-encompassing term that refers to trees, shrubs, groundcovers, vines and grasses that may form part of a landscape design.

CONT

The term "plant material" is used in this chapter to represent native and cultivated woody plants of all types, from ground cover to trees. With only a few exceptions, herbaceous plants and annuals are not included in the discussion, even though they too are important elements in some types of setting.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Architecture paysagère
  • Cultures (Agriculture)
CONT

Domaine des matériaux vivants, le jardin n'exclut pas, bien au contraire, ceux qui, pris isolément, ne sont que matière inerte et froide, invariable ou qui peuvent seulement se dégrader, sans renouveau possible.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Arquitectura paisajista
  • Producción vegetal
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Record 3 2004-09-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
DEF

Multiple, small, closely packed, projected elevations that may be dry and kerotic (as in verruca vulgaris), or soft and smooth (as in condyloma acuminatum).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
DEF

Prolifération cellulaire cutanée de morphologie variable, adhérente en chou-fleur, sessile, ou au contraire pédiculée. Elle peut être sèche comme dans la plupart des tumeurs bénignes ou malignes, ou humide comme dans les condylomes acuminés macérés, voire suppurée dans les pyodermites végétantes et les bromides.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Síntomas (Medicina)
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