Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In zoology, a name variously applied. ,
- An order of the Crinoidea which includes all recent and later fossil forms of this class, characterized by having the mouth and food-grooves exposed or suprategminal and the lower brachial plates incorporated into the calyx.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun plural (Zoöl.) One of the four subkingdoms in the classification of Cuvier. It has been much modified by later writers.
- noun plural One of the subdivisions of the Brachiopoda, including those that have the shells united by a hinge.
- noun plural A subdivision of the Crinoidea.
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They are of Cuvier's order of animal life, known as the articulata, or animals whose bodies consist of a series of moveable joints.
How to See the British Museum in Four Visits W. Blanchard Jerrold 1855
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Other mountain shrubs are carob Ceratonia siliqua, Tetraclinis articulata (R) and Cistus salvifolius.
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Shrub species are beginning to show more frequently including Discaria longispina, Baccharis articulata (carquejilla), Geoffroea decorticans (chañar), Prosopis caldenia (caldén) and others.
Semi-arid Pampas 2008
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At these higher altitudes a lush cloud forest exists, including Juniperus procera, usually festooned with the lichen Usnea articulata, the woody shrub Euryops arabicus and Lavandular on the north facing slopes.
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The Malta islands host one of two European relict populations of the North African endemic conifer Tetraclinis articulata.
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Epiphytic vegetation is abundant and very varied, with several species exclusive to this formation, such as the ferns Hymenodium crinitum and Oleandra articulata and the angiosperms Columnea tincta and Psychotria pendula.
Cuban moist forests 2008
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The ecoregion includes an important number of relict species including Quercus macrolepis, Pinus dalmatica, Platanus orientalis, Alnus cordata, Tetraclinis articulata, Thymus capitatus, and Styrax officinalis.
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Large wadis areas radiate from the southwestern slopes supporting tree species such as the doum palm (Hyphaene thebaica), Salvadora persica, Tamarix articulata, Acacia nilotica adstringens and Acacia albida, and other tropical herbs in the genera Abutilon, Hibiscus, Rhynchosia and Tephrosia.
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The pan has a fringe of halophytic vegetation consisting principally of Sporobolus spicatus, Odyssea paucinervis, and the small shrub Suaeda articulata.
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S. articulata is common in the brackish, low-lying areas fringing the pan and is also found clinging to hummocks on the pan itself.
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