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  • noun Plural form of compactum.

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Examples

  • For example: the dwarf conifers abound with cultivars called 'nana,' 'prostrata,' 'compacta' and the like, and such names as 'albus,' 'variegatus,' and 'plenus' occur in almost every cultivated genus.

    Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 44th Annual Meeting Rochester, N.Y. August 31 and September 1, 1953

  • This alpine desert vegetation consists mainly of Ajania tibetica and the cushion plant Ceratoides compacta.

    Qaidam Basin semi-desert 2008

  • The overuse of Polylepis tarapacana, and Azorella compacta for fuelwood threatens these two species.

    Central Andean dry puna 2008

  • In well-drained areas some of the cushion plants include Azorella compacta and Werneria aretioides.

    Central Andean dry puna 2008

  • As the climate across the Changtang becomes colder and drier on a transect from southeast to northwest, dominant plant species change along a sequence of Kobresia pygmaea (a turf-forming sedge), Stipa purpurea (a grass that forms sparse groundcover), Carex moorcroftii (a sedge), and finally cushion forbs like Ceratoides compacta.

    Central Tibetan Plateau alpine steppe 2008

  • Slopes above the lake basins support Carex compacta together with C. moorcroftii in a high cold steppe association.

    North Tibetan Plateau-Kunlun Mountains alpine desert 2008

  • It comprises a high-cold desert community dominated by Ceratoides compacta, a thorny, densely branched cushion plant that grows on debris and gravel slopes up away from the cold, salty dry lake beds.

    North Tibetan Plateau-Kunlun Mountains alpine desert 2008

  • High areas that receive more precipitation and are exposed to the prevailing winds tend to support a denser and more diverse community of cushion plants, while the drier locations are dominated by a single species, C. compacta.

    Central Tibetan Plateau alpine steppe 2008

  • The peat-bog of the central plateau, "Plateau des Tourbieres", persists much as it was before human interference; it is characterized by mosses growing in association with Lycopodium saurusus, Scirpus aucklandicus, Trisetum insulare, and Uncinia compacta.

    Amsterdam and Saint-Paul Islands temperate grasslands 2007

  • Perdoem-me a desfocagem, mas a minha máquina é compacta e não permite grandes aventuras com as distâncias.

    Céu e fauna Artur 2005

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