Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
fleurs 5-mères
English translation:
5-merous flowers
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Drmanu49
Mar 31, 2014 16:50
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fleurs 5-mères
French to English
Science
Botany
Vine leaf flowers
I am doing a translation about vineyards and the company in question has somewhat lazily just lifted the first couple of paragraphs from French Wikipedia. The trickiest phrase is:
Les fleurs 5-mères, sont très petites, verdâtres et regroupées en grappes composées.
I do not know how to translate 5-mères here, although this site: http://www.cactuspro.com/encyclo/Sedum explains that 5-mères = pièces florales par multiple de 5.
Could anybody tell me the technical term for this in English, please?
Thanks in advance for your help.
Les fleurs 5-mères, sont très petites, verdâtres et regroupées en grappes composées.
I do not know how to translate 5-mères here, although this site: http://www.cactuspro.com/encyclo/Sedum explains that 5-mères = pièces florales par multiple de 5.
Could anybody tell me the technical term for this in English, please?
Thanks in advance for your help.
Proposed translations
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| 4 +3 | 5-merous flowers |
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| 5 | pentamerous or 5-merous |
aqanai
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Apr 2, 2014 15:13: Drmanu49 changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/1278947">William O'Neill's</a> old entry - "fleurs 5-mères"" to ""5-merous flowers""
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5-merous flowers
Monographia Aquifoliacearum - Ville de Genève
www.ville-ge.ch › Accueil › Index of species
Male flowers 4 -merous (4–5-mères selon _$Beck 8684_£), white. Calyx pubescent (poils courts, plus nombreux vers l'apex et sur le centre), 3–5 mm in diam., ...
ADVANCES IN GENETICS
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M. Demerec - 1956 - Science
The flowers in both parental species, and for that matter in the entire genus Gilia and almost without exception in the family Polemoniaceae, are 5-merous with 5 ...
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or pentamerous flowers
Merosity - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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It is most commonly used in the context of flowers, in which case it refers to the ... 4: tetramery, tetramerous, 4-merous; 5: pentamery, pentamerous, 5-merous ...pentamerous (Meaning of) - Encyclo
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pentamerous - Meaning and definition. ... five parts; specifically, having each floral whorl consist of five (or a multiple of five) members; `pentamerous flowers`
Pentamerous: Definition with Pentamerous Pictures and Photos
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Divided into five parts; specifically, having each floral whorl consist of five (or a multiple of five) members. "Pentamerous flowers". Category relationships: Botany ...
www.ville-ge.ch › Accueil › Index of species
Male flowers 4 -merous (4–5-mères selon _$Beck 8684_£), white. Calyx pubescent (poils courts, plus nombreux vers l'apex et sur le centre), 3–5 mm in diam., ...
ADVANCES IN GENETICS
books.google.fr/books?isbn=0080567959 - Traduire cette page
M. Demerec - 1956 - Science
The flowers in both parental species, and for that matter in the entire genus Gilia and almost without exception in the family Polemoniaceae, are 5-merous with 5 ...
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Note added at 16 minutes (2014-03-31 17:07:09 GMT)
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or pentamerous flowers
Merosity - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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It is most commonly used in the context of flowers, in which case it refers to the ... 4: tetramery, tetramerous, 4-merous; 5: pentamery, pentamerous, 5-merous ...pentamerous (Meaning of) - Encyclo
www.encyclo.co.uk/define/pentamerousTraduire cette page
pentamerous - Meaning and definition. ... five parts; specifically, having each floral whorl consist of five (or a multiple of five) members; `pentamerous flowers`
Pentamerous: Definition with Pentamerous Pictures and Photos
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Divided into five parts; specifically, having each floral whorl consist of five (or a multiple of five) members. "Pentamerous flowers". Category relationships: Botany ...
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Michele Fauble
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philgoddard
: Though I wouldn't use this in a text intended for a general readership. I know quite a bit about botany, but I'd never heard of this.
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Thank you Phil.
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B D Finch
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aqanai
Works in field
pentamerous or 5-merous
Merosity is the number of component parts in each whorl of a plant structure. It is most commonly used in the context of flowers, in which case it refers to the number of sepals in the calyx, the number of petals in the corolla, and the number of stamens in each whorl of the androecium. The term may also be used to refer to the number of leaves in leaf whorls.
Types of merosity include:
2: dimery, dimerous, 2-merous
3: trimery, trimerous, 3-merous
4: tetramery, tetramerous, 4-merous
5: pentamery, pentamerous, 5-merous
Types of merosity include:
2: dimery, dimerous, 2-merous
3: trimery, trimerous, 3-merous
4: tetramery, tetramerous, 4-merous
5: pentamery, pentamerous, 5-merous
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Really appreciate the help. Thank you again.