agudos e inequiláteros

English translation: acute and not equilateral

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Portuguese term or phrase:agudos e inequiláteros
English translation:acute and not equilateral
Entered by: Rodrigo Cayres

12:35 Jan 14, 2015
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Science - Botany / seeds/farming
Portuguese term or phrase: agudos e inequiláteros
10 a 15 pares de folíolos oblongo-lineares, agudos e inequiláteros.....
milena mignossi ferreira
Brazil
Local time: 10:46
acute and not equilateral
Explanation:
...leaflet blade apex acute to shortly acuminate
...base not equilateral
http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/PDF/PDF09/Rourea.PDF


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Rodrigo Cayres
Brazil
Local time: 10:46
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4sharp and non-equilateral
Tiago Lima
4acute and not equilateral
Rodrigo Cayres
4acute with an inequilateral base
Muriel Vasconcellos


  

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sharp and non-equilateral


Explanation:
"acute" também pode ser usado para "agudo", mas "sharp" é mais comum. depende do registro.


    Reference: http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/3605686?sid=2110562471...
Tiago Lima
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acute and not equilateral


Explanation:
...leaflet blade apex acute to shortly acuminate
...base not equilateral
http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/PDF/PDF09/Rourea.PDF




Rodrigo Cayres
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acute with an inequilateral base


Explanation:
See diagrams of leaf shapes at:

http://www.clemson.edu/extfor/publications/bul117/characteri...

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For 'inequilateral', see description of the Ulmus parvifolia leaf at:
http://forestry.sfasu.edu/faculty/stovall/dendrology/index.p...

Ulmaceae Ulmus parvifolia - Chinese elm: Leaf, alternate, simple, **inequilateral base**, doubly serrate margin, often thick and waxy, smaller than most native elms.


Muriel Vasconcellos
United States
Local time: 06:46
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