Coussinet


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Cous´si`net`


n. 1. (Arch.) A stone placed on the impost of a pier for receiving the first stone of an arch.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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Les cinq sous-zones (A-E), etablies du nord au sud, sont caracterisees par une forme de croissance dominante: A) herbe non gramineenne en coussinet; B) arbuste nain deprime; C) arbuste nain semi-deprime; D) arbuste nain dresse, et E) arbuste.
Combining research and education: bioclimatic zonation along a Canadian Arctic transect
Alternative names for the same type of structure include columella (Westermaier, 1890), coussinet or pedicule (Guignard, 1901), promontoire (Soueges, 1910), pedestal (Palm, 1915; Gaumann, 1919; Capeletti, 1927), and Antipodensockel (antipodal pedestal: Haeckel, 1930).
The nucellus and chalaza in monocotyledons: structure and schematics
Elle beneficie aussi de nouveaux amortisseurs, qui procurent une force d'amortissement substantielle et des coussinets plus fermes.
Lexus RC: Coupe luxe

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