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Descriptor English: Plant Leaves
Descriptor Spanish: Hojas de la Planta
Descriptor hojas de la planta
Scope note: Estructuras expandidas, usualmente verdes, de las plantas vasculares, característicamente constituidas por una expansión en forma de lámina unida al tallo, que funciona como órgano principal de la fotosíntesis y la transpiración. (American Heritage Dictionary, 2d ed)
Descriptor Portuguese: Folhas de Planta
Descriptor French: Feuilles de plante
Entry term(s): Leaf, Plant
Leave, Plant
Leaves, Plant
Plant Leaf
Plant Leave
Tree number(s): A18.024.812
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D018515
Scope note: Expanded structures, usually green, of vascular plants, characteristically consisting of a bladelike expansion attached to a stem, and functioning as the principal organ of photosynthesis and transpiration. (American Heritage Dictionary, 2d ed)
Annotation: part of a plant shoot; IM GEN or unspecified; coord probably IM in genetics & space physiol, NIM in pharmacognosy, with specific plant (IM or NIM)
Allowable Qualifiers: AE adverse effects
AH anatomy & histology
CH chemistry
CL classification
CY cytology
DE drug effects
EM embryology
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
GE genetics
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PH physiology
PO poisoning
PS parasitology
RE radiation effects
TO toxicity
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Plants (1966-1994)
Public MeSH Note: 95
History Note: 95
DeCS ID: 32084
Unique ID: D018515
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1995/01/01
Date of Entry: 1994/06/07
Revision Date: 2010/06/25
Plant Leaves - Preferred
Concept UI M0027761
Scope note Expanded structures, usually green, of vascular plants, characteristically consisting of a bladelike expansion attached to a stem, and functioning as the principal organ of photosynthesis and transpiration. (American Heritage Dictionary, 2d ed)
Preferred term Plant Leaves
Entry term(s) Leaf, Plant
Leave, Plant
Leaves, Plant
Plant Leaf
Plant Leave



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