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Elsevier's Dictionary of Trees

Author : M.M. Grandtner
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 9780080460185
Total Pages : 1529 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (61 download)

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Download or read book Elsevier's Dictionary of Trees written by M.M. Grandtner and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2005-04-08 with total page 1529 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This dictionary will present all currently accepted generic, specific, sub-specific and variety names of trees, excluding fossil and more recently extinct taxa, hybrids and cultivars. Only the indigenous trees of a continent, those wild species that were natural elements of the spontaneous forest vegetation before the arrival of Europeans or other colonizers, are included. Each generic entry includes the family to which it is assigned, the synonyms of the Latin name, and the English, French, Spanish, trade and other names. For the English and French names the standard name is listed first, followed by other available names with, in parentheses, the countries where they are used. Where appropriate, names in additional languages are also included. Each infrageneric (species, subspecies, variety) entry includes, in addition, the distribution, height, type of foliage, ecological characteristics and main uses of the tree when available. In this volume only taxa indigenous on the North American continent are included, considered in a geographical, not in a political sense. This means from Alaska and Greenland to Panama, including Caribbean, but excluding Hawaii.

Elsevier's Dictionary of Trees

Author : M.M. Grandtner
Publisher : Elsevier Science
ISBN 13 : 9780444517845
Total Pages : 1529 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (178 download)

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Download or read book Elsevier's Dictionary of Trees written by M.M. Grandtner and published by Elsevier Science. This book was released on 2005-06-06 with total page 1529 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This dictionary will present all currently accepted generic, specific, sub-specific and variety names of trees, excluding fossil and more recently extinct taxa, hybrids and cultivars. Only the indigenous trees of a continent, those wild species that were natural elements of the spontaneous forest vegetation before the arrival of Europeans or other colonizers, are included. Each generic entry includes the family to which it is assigned, the synonyms of the Latin name, and the English, French, Spanish, trade and other names. For the English and French names the standard name is listed first, followed by other available names with, in parentheses, the countries where they are used. Where appropriate, names in additional languages are also included. Each infrageneric (species, subspecies, variety) entry includes, in addition, the distribution, height, type of foliage, ecological characteristics and main uses of the tree when available. In this volume only taxa indigenous on the North American continent are included, considered in a geographical, not in a political sense. This means from Alaska and Greenland to Panama, including Caribbean, but excluding Hawaii.

Elsevier's dictionary of trees and shrubs; Latin, English, French, German, Italian

Author : H. Vaucher
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 413 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (13 download)

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Download or read book Elsevier's dictionary of trees and shrubs; Latin, English, French, German, Italian written by H. Vaucher and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 413 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Elsevier's Dictionary of Trees and Shrubs

Author : Hugues Vaucher
Publisher : Elsevier Science Limited
ISBN 13 : 9780444425690
Total Pages : 413 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (256 download)

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Download or read book Elsevier's Dictionary of Trees and Shrubs written by Hugues Vaucher and published by Elsevier Science Limited. This book was released on 1986 with total page 413 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In scientific and commercial usage, a plant is designated by its Latin name. That is the simplest and most logical method and the only one precluding misunderstandings among professionals from all parts of the world. The layman, however, knows the plants mainly by their common designations and these vary from region to region and from country to country. One of the objectives of this work is therefore to simplify the correlation between the popular and the scientific names. The reader can find, quickly and conveniently, the Latin name of each tree or shrub. A unique feature of this book is that for each genus and species the author has mentioned its family, country of origin and some botanical characteristics. This multilingual dictionary comprises approximately 2,300 Latin names subdivided into 140 families, 510 genera, 1,650 species and varieties, together with their common denominations in English, French, German and Italian. The vast majority of the trees and shrubs mentioned are to be found in the temperate zones of the Northern and Southern hemispheres. Only a small number of trees typical of subtropical climates have been included. Being both a working tool and a reference book, this dictionary is intended not only for the professional but also for the layman wishing to extend his knowledge of the common names of the innumerable trees and shrubs growing on our planet.

Dictionary of Trees, Volume 2: South America

Author : M.M. Grandtner
Publisher : Academic Press
ISBN 13 : 0123969549
Total Pages : 1172 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (239 download)

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Download or read book Dictionary of Trees, Volume 2: South America written by M.M. Grandtner and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2013-09-21 with total page 1172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dictionary of South American Trees provides a single-source reference for botanists, biologists, ecologists, and climatologists on the many native trees in South America. The index lets readers find a tree in four languages, by its common name, or abbreviation, followed by taxonomy that includes common uses for each part of the tree. Using this information, scientists and students can identify and classify plants, their growth structure and environment, the uses of their products, and alternative options with similar characteristics. Complete coverage of all native South American trees—the only single-source reference for botanists, biologists, ecologists and climatologists working in this diverse and changing region Includes taxonomy at genera, species, sub-species, and varietal levels, providing information from the most basic level up and allowing readers to identify their subjects using numerous criteria Indicates Latin, English, French, and Spanish names as well as common names and abbreviations, facilitating accurate and efficient identification Provides growth information, climatology, ecology and uses for the tree to provide insight into each tree as well as for comparative purposes when seeking similar tree-based resources

Elsevier's Dictionary of Trees and Shrubs in Latin, German, English, French and Italian

Author : H. Vaucher
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780828892186
Total Pages : 414 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (921 download)

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Download or read book Elsevier's Dictionary of Trees and Shrubs in Latin, German, English, French and Italian written by H. Vaucher and published by . This book was released on 1986-01-01 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Elsevier's Dictionary of Forestry

Author : B. Delijska
Publisher : Elsevier Science
ISBN 13 : 9780444512451
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (124 download)

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Download or read book Elsevier's Dictionary of Forestry written by B. Delijska and published by Elsevier Science. This book was released on 2004-11-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The dictionary contains approx. 10,000 terms used today in forest science, management and conservation, comprising forest ecology, forest entomology and pathology, forest fire management, forest geomatics, forest meteorology and hydrology, forest soils and geomorphology, forest surveys and mensuration, genetics and tree improvement, harvesting and forest operations, integrated forest management, photogrammetry and remote sensing, physico-mechanical properties of wood, processing (panels, pulp and paper, sawing, etc.), silviculture, tree physiology, agroforestry, urban forestry, wildlife and wilderness management and arboriculture, wood anatomy and structure.

Elsevier's Dictionary of Trees

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (2 download)

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Elsevier's Dictionary of Plant Names and Their Origin

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1038 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Elsevier's Dictionary of Plant Names and Their Origin written by and published by . This book was released on 2000-07-19 with total page 1038 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The dictionary contains about 30,000 vernacular and literary English names of plants (plus a few American), both wild and cultivated, with their botanical name and a brief account of the names' meaning if known. It was conceived as part of the author's wider interest in plant and tree lore, and ethnobotanical studies. Knowledge of plant names can give insight into largely forgotten beliefs. Why for example is, or was, the common red poppy known as "Blind Man"? An old superstition has it that if the poppy were put to the eyes it would cause blindness. Such names were probably the result of some taboo against picking the plant. Similarly, other names were likely to have been applied as a result of a country mother's warning to her children against eating poisonous berries. For the warning carries more weight when the name given to the berry reinforces the warning. Many such plants or fruits may be ascribed to the devil, Devil's Berries for Deadly Nightshade is an example. Names may also be purely descriptive, and can also serve to explain the meaning of the botanical name. Beauty-Berry is an example: it is the name given to the American shrub that belongs to the genus Callicarpa, which is made up of two Greek words that mean beauty and berry. Literary, or "book" names, have also been included in this dictionary, as being a very important part of the whole. Many of them provide links in the transmission of words through the ages. Thor's Beard, for example, is a book name for "houseleek", and has never been used in the dialect. But it highlights the legend that houseleek is a lightning plant, and by reverse logic is a preserver from fire.

Elsevier's Dictionary of Symbols and Imagery

Author : Ad de Vries
Publisher : Brill Academic Pub
ISBN 13 : 9780444513458
Total Pages : 627 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (134 download)

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Download or read book Elsevier's Dictionary of Symbols and Imagery written by Ad de Vries and published by Brill Academic Pub. This book was released on 2004 with total page 627 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This dictionary supplies associations which have been evoked by plants, animals, gems, objects and concepts throughout the history of Western civilization, from the hieroglyphs of ancient Egypt to the poetry of Dylan Thomas. It supplies background information from fields which may not be everyone's specialty, such as biology and mythology. It gives not one, but several meanings which may apply simultaneously, since indefiniteness is the mark of symbols. No fine distinction is made between symbols, allegories, metaphors, signs, types or images, since such subtle distinctions, however sensible from a scientific point of view, are useless to a person struggling with the deeper comprehension, and thus appreciation, of a particular 'symbol'.Important general entries are listed such as archetypes, ass, binary, bull, calendar, eagle, elements, Great Goddess, Sacred King, sun, etc., which it is advisable to read first. Information was gathered from primary sources: both famous and obscure classical authors; the Bible; the medieval scholar and musician Hildegard von Bingen; but also Donne, Shakespeare and Eliot. Lists of primary and secondary literature are included. From the many notes left behind by the late Ad de Vries, his son has gathered enough new material to enlarge the original 1974 edition more than 20%. Included are many new entries taken from herbals and lapidaries as well as ancient books on medicine, architecture and dreams.This dictionary is an invaluable source of reference for students of many disciplines, as well as for writers and artists.

Elsevier's Dictionary of Botany

Author : P. Macura
Publisher : Elsevier Science
ISBN 13 : 9780444512291
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (122 download)

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Download or read book Elsevier's Dictionary of Botany written by P. Macura and published by Elsevier Science. This book was released on 2002-08-16 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This dictionary contains approximately 60,000 entries, constituting the most extensive listing of Russian, English and Latin names of plants, trees, shrubs, fungi, and lichens. It also includes a large number of botanical and biological terms frequently occurring in Russian botanical literature.

Elsevier's Dictionary of Reptiles

Author : Murray Wrobel
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 9780080459202
Total Pages : 758 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (592 download)

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Download or read book Elsevier's Dictionary of Reptiles written by Murray Wrobel and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2004-12-04 with total page 758 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This dictionary gives an overview of the English, German, French and Italian names of reptiles. The basic table contains the scientific names of families, genera, species and some sub-species with their identified names, which are given in the singular for species and sub-specis and in the plural for other terms.

A Dictionary of Trees

Author : Frederic F. Walden
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 80 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (347 download)

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Download or read book A Dictionary of Trees written by Frederic F. Walden and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Elsevier's Dictionary of Mammals

Author : Murray Wrobel
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 9780080488820
Total Pages : 868 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (888 download)

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Download or read book Elsevier's Dictionary of Mammals written by Murray Wrobel and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2006-11-18 with total page 868 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This authoritative dictionary has been compiled with the aim of giving an overview of the English, German, French and Italian names of mammals. The Basic Table contains, in alphabetical order, the scientific names of families, genera, species and sub-species and synonyms with the identified names detailed in all four languages. These are given in the singular for species and sub-species and in the plural for other terms. The synonyms and subspecies are offered in detail. The editor offers numerous alternative spellings of vernacular names. This dictionary is an outstanding guide for every researcher in mammalogy.

Elsevier's Dictionary of Geography

Author : Vladimir Kotlyakov
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 0080488781
Total Pages : 1073 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (84 download)

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Download or read book Elsevier's Dictionary of Geography written by Vladimir Kotlyakov and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2006-12-20 with total page 1073 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Geography is a system of highly developed sciences about the environment. Geographical science embracing the study of the Earth's physical phenomena, people and their economic activities has always been in need of an extensive terminology. Geographical terms are related to the terms of natural sciences (physics, chemistry, biology, geology, etc.) and humanities (history, economics, sociology, etc.) since geography is based on these fundamental subjects. Geography includes a number of disciplines and subdivisions which appeared along with the development of the science In spite of being very different geographical disciplines have some common tools of investigation which is maps, comparative method of exploration, remote sensing, geoinformation systems. Today very well developed terminologies of all the specialist fields of geography and related subjects exist in the main world languages. However, they are not always well-correlated. Nowadays geographical terminology requires unification and international correlation more than ever before. Hence the idea of compiling a multilingual polydisciplinary dictionary. The Dictionary consists of the basic table of terms arranged according to the order of the English alphabet with each term numbered. Each entry consists of the term in English and its equivalents in Russian, French, German, Spanish. Short definitions of terms are given in English and in Russian. The terms are supplied with the necessary grammar labels, such as gender of nouns, plural number, etc. The Dictionary combines two functions: that of a defining dictionary and that of a bilingual dictionary. These two functions are basically contradictory because usually the defining dictionary is aimed at giving one meaning of the word which is the main and essential one, while the bilingual dictionary tries to give different equivalents of a given word in the other language in order to supply the user with maximum possible translations, differing in the shades of meanings, thus giving him the possibility to choose the appropriate word. But in our Dictionary we intentionally decided to combine the two functions – defining and multilingual, because a short definition of the term and equivalents in other languages help to achieve our main aim which consists in showing the basic geographical terminology and harmonizing it in several languages. Having this into consideration we deliberately mixed two types of dictionaries in one. Organized alphabetically via English Provides short definition of geographical terms in English and Russian Includes multilingual translation of terms from English to Russian, French, German, Spanish

Dictionary of Plant Lore

Author : D.C. Watts
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 9780080546025
Total Pages : 488 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (46 download)

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Download or read book Dictionary of Plant Lore written by D.C. Watts and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2007-05-02 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Knowledge of plant names can give insight into largely forgotten beliefs. For example, the common red poppy is known as "Blind Man" due to an old superstitious belief that if the poppy were put to the eyes it would cause blindness. Many plant names derived from superstition, folk lore, or primal beliefs. Other names are purely descriptive and can serve to explain the meaning of the botanical name. For example, Beauty-Berry is the name given to the American shrub that belongs to the genus Callicarpa. Callicarpa is Greek for beautiful fruit. Still other names come from literary sources providing rich detail of the transmission of words through the ages. Conceived as part of the author's wider interest in plant and tree lore and ethnobotanical studies, this fully revised edition of Elsevier's Dictionary of Plant Names and Their Origins contains over 30,000 vernacular and literary English names of plants. Wild and cultivated plants alike are identified by the botanical name. Further detail provides a brief account of the meaning of the name and detailed commentary on common usage. * Includes color images * Inclusive of all Latin terms with vernacular derivatives * The most comprehensive guide for plant scientists, linguists, botanists, and historians

Elsevier's Dictionary of Chemoetymology

Author : Alexander Senning
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 9780080488813
Total Pages : 442 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (888 download)

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Download or read book Elsevier's Dictionary of Chemoetymology written by Alexander Senning and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2006-10-30 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Noting a marked lack of comprehensiveness and/or contemporaneity among typical reference works on chemical etymology, as well as a somewhat spotty coverage of chemical terms and their etymology in comprehensive dictionaries and textbooks the author decided to write an up-to-date desk reference on chemical etymology which would satisfy the needs of casual readers as well as those of more demanding users of etymological lore. Characteristic user-friendly features of the present work include avoidance of cumbersome abbreviations, avoidance of entries in foreign alphabets, and a broad coverage of all chemical disciplines including mineralogy. Biological, medical, geological, physical and mathematical terms are only considered where they appear of interest to mainstream chemists. This book does not provide definitions of terms (unless required in the etymological context) nor guidance as to the timeliness of different nomenclature systems. The typical user will from the outset be well aware of the exact meaning of the terms he or she focuses on and only require the etymological background to be used. Examples of sources which have been drawn upon in the preparation of this book, apart from the extremely useful Internet resource Google, are listed, but an exhausting enumeration would be tiresome and impractical.. * an up-to-date desk reference on chemical etymology * characteristic user-friendly features * broad coverage of all chemical disciplines