Win-Wir 



DICTIONARY OF BIOLOGICAL EQUIVALENTS 



Windblatt n. leaf resistant to wind Wintersaat /. autumn-sown seed. 



injury. 

 Windblume/, flower which may be both 



anemophylous and entemophylous. 

 Windblütler m. anemophylous plant. 

 Windbruchfläche /. area denuded by 



wind. 

 Winddarm m. colon. 

 Windengewächse n.pl. Convolvulaceae ; 



twining plants. 

 Windepflanze/, twining plant. 

 Windfriichtler 7n. plant disseminated by 



air currents. 

 Windfurche /. furrow in vegetation 



caused by lateral wind attack. 

 Windhafer m. Avenafatuah. 

 Windhalm m. Apera Spica venti (L) 



Beauv. 

 WindroUer m. anemochorous fruit. 

 Windröschen n. Anemone. 

 Windrücken m. windward side. 

 Windschatten m. lee side. 

 Windschliff to. injury to vegetation 



caused by abrasive action of particles 



carried by the wind, 

 windschief a. warped. 

 Windströmung /. wind pressure. 

 Windung /. convolution; spiral. 

 Windungsachse /. axis of convolution. 

 Winkelbein n. angular bone. 

 Winkelgelenk n. hinge joint. 

 Winkelstück n. angular stop (micro- 

 scope). 

 Winkelzahn m. canine tooth. 

 Winterbehandlung/, dormant treatment. 

 Winterdeckel m. winter-covering; oper- 

 culum. 

 Winterfestigkeit/, winter hardiness. 

 Wintergrüngewächse n.pl. Pyrolaceae. 

 winterkahl a. leafless in winter. 

 Winterknospe /. winter bud. 

 Winterkresse /. winter cress. 

 Winterlagerung /. lodging of winter 



cereals. 

 Winterraps m. Brassica napus oleifera 



DC. 

 Winterrübsen m. Brassica Rapa oleifera 



D.C. 

 Winterruhe /. winter rest period. 



Winterschlaf to. hibernation. 



Winterschnitt to. (hor.) : winter pruning. 



Winterspore/, resting spore. 



Wintersteher to. plant retaining the seed 

 through the winter. 



winzig a. pusil; very small. 



Wipfel TO. treetop. 



Wipfelpflanze /. branching tree. 



Wirbel to. vertebra; beak of shell. 



Wirbelausschnitt to. vertebral notch. 



Wirbelband n. vertebra ligament. 



Wirbelbandscheibe/, intervertebral disk. 



Wirbelbein n. vertebra. 



Wirbelbeinband n. vertebral ligament. 



Wirbelbogen to. vertebral arch. 



Wirbeldorn to. spinous process of ver- 

 tebra. 



Wirbelfortsatz to. process of vertebra. 



Wirbelfurche/, vertebral groove. 



Wirbelgang to. vertebral canal. 



Wirbelgelenk n. vertebral articulation. 



Wirbelhöhle /. vertebral canal. 



Wirbelkanal to. vertebral canal. 



Wirbelknorpel to. vertebral cartilage. 



Wirbelkopf to. head of vertebra. 



Wirbelloch n. vertebral foramen. 



wirbellos a. invertebrate. 



Wirbelpfanne /. vertebral fossa. 



Wirbelquerfortsatz to. transverse process 

 of vertebra. 



Wirbelsäule /. vertebral column. 



Wirbelsäulenband n. ligament of spinal 

 column. 



Wirbelstrom to. eddy-current. 



Wirbeltiere n.pl. (zo.): Vertebrata. 



wirksam a. effective. 



Wirkung /. effect. 



Wirkungsbedingung /. condition of ac- 

 tivitj\ 



Wirkungsdauer/, duration of effect. 



Wirkungsfaktor m. responsible factor. 



Wirkungsgehalt to. active principle. 



Wirkungsgeschwindigkeit f. rapidity of 

 action; availability. 



Wirkungsgesetz n. activity law. 



Wirkungsgrad to. efficiency. 



Wirkungsmechanismus to. mechanism. 



Wirkungsweise /. mode of action. 



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