Definitions
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- adjective Chevalier (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms that often have English names of the form "Chevalier's ..."
Etymologies
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Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named Chevalier.
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Examples
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Some of the characteristic species of the ecoregion include emergent trees up to 60 m tall (Entandrophragma congoense, Pentaclethera eetveldeana, Pericopsis elata, Gilbertiodendron dewevrei), shrub species of Drypetes (D. calvescens, D. capillipes, D. chevalieri), and abundant lianas and rattans.
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A gallery of Mimosa asperata and Salix chevalieri grows along watercourses above a Cyperus maculatus understory.
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Lippia chevalieri M. was the least popular among the plants which composed "Suma-Kala."
Chapter 7 1991
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