donde se destaca una (pinna formada por el rachis)

23:13 Feb 26, 2010
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Science - Botany / botánica
Spanish term or phrase: donde se destaca una (pinna formada por el rachis)
"Fig. A, hoja donde se destaca una pinna formada por el raquis de segundo orden donde se insertan los folíolos de segundo orden o pínnulas. "


Fig. A, leaf where a pinna made up of the rachis is emphazised...???
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Summary of answers provided
5 +1showing a pinna formed by [leaflets attached to the second-order rachis]
Muriel Vasconcellos
4worth noticing is
Daniel Frisano
4where (una pinna) is in evidence, formed by...
Jennifer Levey
4where a... stands (sticks) out
margaret caulfield


  

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worth noticing is


Explanation:
Fig. A: leaf; worth noticing is etc.

Daniel Frisano
Italy
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where (una pinna) is in evidence, formed by...


Explanation:
The word order in English would be slightly different:

hoja donde se destaca una pinna formada por el raquis
-->
hoja *where* una pinna *is in evidence,* formada por el raquis

Jennifer Levey
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where a... stands (sticks) out


Explanation:
My option here. From your description, I understand this to be something that "sobresale".

margaret caulfield
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showing a pinna formed by [leaflets attached to the second-order rachis]


Explanation:
Leaf showing a pinna formed by the

To the point, structure commonly used in captions.

Definition of rachis:
# axis of a compound leaf or compound inflorescence
wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn

# division of a usually pinnately divided leaf
wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn

Leaves are twice pinnate when the leaflets are attached to a second order rachis. Internal control is the process effected by an entity's board of directors ...
www.ets.org/Media/Research/pdf/RM-04-03.pdf - Similar -

Aralia elata (Araliaceae) image 16447 at PlantSystematics.org
Cultivated; detail of second order rachis and leaflet, adaxially. Copyright © 2008 by Jan De Laet (contact: [email protected]) [ref. DOL16447] ...
www.plantsystematics.org/imgs/jdelaet/.../Araliaceae_Aralia...

2- triplet b, rachis r, to which a first-order stem is attached with two second-order stems of triplet a attached to it, in its turn. ...
www.springerlink.com/index/C4N17301525851L6.pdf

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Note added at 1 day15 mins (2010-02-27 23:28:52 GMT)
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Correction to my answer: the second definition is the definition of a pinna - I forgot to label it, and it appears to be a def. of the rachis, which it is not.

Muriel Vasconcellos
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agree  Catalina Connon
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