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Chinese term or phrase:	宿存
English translation:	persistent
Entered by:	Nigel Jones

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03:38 Aug 31, 2005

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Science - Botany

Chinese term or phrase: 宿存

description of a flower 花梗纤细，长2.5—3.5厘米；小苞片3，宿存。

I know that it means a kind of dormancy and non-growth storage, but does anyone know the botanical term. TIA

Nigel Jones KudoZ activity Questions: 46 (none open) (3 closed without grading) Answers: 489 China
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persistent

Explanation:
persistent

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Note added at 40 mins (2005-08-31 04:19:24 GMT)
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... 基部合生，顶部具疏腺齿，宿存；花瓣5，倒卵形或楔形，粉红色；雄蕊5；子房椭圆形或球形，长约2毫米；花柱3，长2-3毫米。
... 4 mm long, united at base, glandular-toothed at apex, persistent; petals 5, obovate to cuneate, pink; stamens 5; ...
www.hkherbarium.net/herbarium/ html%20text/34Drosera%20oblanceolata%20.htm

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Edward LIU
Canada
Local time: 00:50

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Thanks Edward and Lesley
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

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4 +2

persistent

Edward LIU

3 +1

persistent

lai an

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39 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

宿存

persistent

Edward LIU
Canada
Local time: 00:50
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PRO pts in category: 4

Grading comment

Thanks Edward and Lesley

1 hr confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

宿存 persistent

Explanation:
2 园艺植物的生长发育 - [ Translate this page ]
大多数植物开花后萼片脱落，如桃、柑橘等，果实上看不到萼片痕迹；一些植物开花后萼片
一直存留在果实上(下)方，称宿存萼(persistent calyx)，如番茄、茄子、石榴、山楂、
月季、玫瑰等。而花瓣则具有保护雌雄蕊的作用，并以绚丽的色彩和分泌特殊香味的 ...
nhjy.hzau.edu.cn/kech/yyzp/html/2-2.htm - 50k - Supplemental Result - Cached - Similar pages

网上课堂 - [ Translate this page ]
(1)坚持的, 百折不挠的; 固执的(2)持续[久]的; 不断的;【植】宿存的;【动】持续生存
的persistent effort 坚持不懈的努力insistentadj (1)（常与on连用）坚持的The dean’s
very insistent that they should finish the papers in time. ...
sparkenglish.com/urlclass/index.asp?nopage=11 - 35k - Supplemental Result - Cached - Similar pages

Genera_show - [ Translate this page ]
... 线形的柱头；胚珠2颗，并列于子房基部的侧膜胎座上，合点受精；果序球果状，由多数
的小坚果组成；小坚果扁平，顶具膜质薄翅，密集纵行排列于果序上，初时包藏于2枝闭合
的宿存小苞片内，成熟时小苞片硬化为木质，展开露出小坚果；种子单生，种皮膜质。 ...
db.kib.ac.cn/kesudic/Genera_show.asp?vl=467 - 3k - Cached - Similar pages

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