borda ciliada

English translation: ciliated margin

10:20 Nov 24, 2014
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Science - Botany / seeds/farming
Portuguese term or phrase: borda ciliada
a ligula apresenta uma borda ciliada de cor branca de aproximadamente 2mm de comprimento
milena mignossi ferreira
Brazil
Local time: 16:20
English translation:ciliated margin
Explanation:
We use the term 'margin' in botany. Below is an example of a typical plant description:

Aeonium - Crassulaceae - The Succulent Plant Page
succulent-plant.com/families/crassulaceae/aeonium.html
Jul 29, 2014 - Aeonium - how to grow these succulent plants from the Canary ... Families of Succulent Plants goes to .... **Each leaf has a ciliated margin**
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Muriel Vasconcellos
United States
Local time: 12:20
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4 +1ciliated margin
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4ciliated edge
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ciliated margin


Explanation:
We use the term 'margin' in botany. Below is an example of a typical plant description:

Aeonium - Crassulaceae - The Succulent Plant Page
succulent-plant.com/families/crassulaceae/aeonium.html
Jul 29, 2014 - Aeonium - how to grow these succulent plants from the Canary ... Families of Succulent Plants goes to .... **Each leaf has a ciliated margin**

Muriel Vasconcellos
United States
Local time: 12:20
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ciliated edge


Explanation:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19648518

http://books.google.com.br/books?id=khglAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA665&lp...

http://www.ciliajournal.com/content/1/1/8

http://books.google.com.br/books?id=GPhPAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA665&lp...



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There are quite a number of examples in literature using ciliated edge as well. there might be some regional preferences.

Energy Plant Species: Their Use and Impact on Environment ...
books.google.com/books?isbn=1134255667
N. EL Bassam - 2013 - ‎Technology & Engineering
Old World plants have larger seeds, with a diameter greater than 5mm and a ... The stems have 5—9 egg-shaped leaves with a <p>ciliated edge.</p> and a tip that ...

A General System of Gardening and Botany: Containing a ...
books.google.com/books?id=4MpAAAAAcAAJ
George Don - 1831
Containing a Complete Enumeration and Description of All Plants Hitherto Known .... but pubescent beneath,<p> with ciliated edges.</p> ; segments jagged, bluntly and ...

A General History of the Dichleamydeous Plants ... ...
books.google.com/books?id=fa84AQAAMAAJ
George Don - 1838 - ‎Botany
plant creeping, stoloniferous, downy; radical leaves obovately-spatulate : cauline ... attenuated at the base, smoothish,<p> ciliated on the edges.</p>; calycine segments ...

dialetus
Brazil
Local time: 16:20
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 4
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