This site uses cookies. Some of these cookies are essential to the operation of the site, while others help to improve your experience by providing insights into how the site is being used. For more information, please see the ProZ.com privacy policy.
Cookie settings
  1. KudoZ™ Top
  2. French to English
  3. Botany

crypte pilifère

English translation: stomatal crypt (with trichomes)

GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW)
French term or phrase:crypte pilifère
English translation:stomatal crypt (with trichomes)
Entered by: Sheila Hardie

10:36 Nov 19, 2015
French to English translations [PRO]
Science - Botany
French term or phrase: crypte pilifère
Hello,

I'm translating a series of slides (UK English). For one slide (Coupe transversale de feuille d'Oyat; cross-section of a marram grass leaf), there is the term "cryptes pilifères" with the following diagram (scroll down to Une coupe transversale de feuille d'Oyat (au microscope optique)): http://blogsvtbascan.tiddlyspace.com/L'Oyat%20des%20dunes%20%28Ammophila%20arenaria%29

I have already checked on Proz, Termium, IATE, etc. plus several specialised handheld dictionaries that I have, without any luck.

Online, I found this in the Dictionnaire scientifique Anglais-Français (Jacques Bert)
crypt : (anat., bot., zoo.) crypte f. (cavité dans les parois de certains organes)

However, when I perform a google cross-search for "marram" and "crypt", I'm not pulling up anything useful or convincing. I think that "pilifère" may be translated as either "hairy", "piliferous" or possibly "pileous"?

Thanks in advance for any help!

Kind regards,
Sara
Sara Mullin
France
Local time: 09:33
stomatal crypt (with trichomes)
Explanation:
I think this is what they are referring to.


Fig. 10.3-10. Transverse section of oleander leaf (Nerium oleander). Oleander leaves are a favorite in plant anatomy laboratories because they demonstrate a placement of stomata that has ecological significance. The arrows indicate three stomatal crypts: the crypts are large chambers in the mesophyll, covered with an epidermis that contains stomata as well as trichomes (hairs) that project into the crypt. The epidermis on the exposed surface of the leaf – between crypts – lacks stomata. The narrow opening between the crypt and the atmosphere, combined with the presence of trichomes, causes the air inside the crypt to be rather immobile, even if there is a strong wind blowing over the leaf. Any water molecule that diffuses out of a stomatal pore will spend so much time that there is a high probability it will diffuse back into one of the stomata in the crypt. See following figures for higher magnifications.

http://www.sbs.utexas.edu/mauseth/weblab/webchap10epi/10.3-1...
Selected response from:

Sheila Hardie
Spain
Local time: 09:33
Grading comment
Selected automatically based on peer agreement.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +2stomatal crypt (with trichomes)
Sheila Hardie
Summary of reference entries provided
Nikki Scott-Despaigne

  

Answers


11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
stomatal crypt (with trichomes)


Explanation:
I think this is what they are referring to.


Fig. 10.3-10. Transverse section of oleander leaf (Nerium oleander). Oleander leaves are a favorite in plant anatomy laboratories because they demonstrate a placement of stomata that has ecological significance. The arrows indicate three stomatal crypts: the crypts are large chambers in the mesophyll, covered with an epidermis that contains stomata as well as trichomes (hairs) that project into the crypt. The epidermis on the exposed surface of the leaf – between crypts – lacks stomata. The narrow opening between the crypt and the atmosphere, combined with the presence of trichomes, causes the air inside the crypt to be rather immobile, even if there is a strong wind blowing over the leaf. Any water molecule that diffuses out of a stomatal pore will spend so much time that there is a high probability it will diffuse back into one of the stomata in the crypt. See following figures for higher magnifications.

http://www.sbs.utexas.edu/mauseth/weblab/webchap10epi/10.3-1...

Sheila Hardie
Spain
Local time: 09:33
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 40
Grading comment
Selected automatically based on peer agreement.
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thank you so much, Sheila!


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  David Hayes: https://books.google.fr/books?id=0DhEBA5xgbkC&pg=PA221&lpg=P...
24 mins
agree  Nikki Scott-Despaigne
5 hrs
Login to enter a peer comment (or grade)




Reference comments


5 hrs
Reference

Reference information:
http://www.flashcardmachine.com/botany4.html

"Define stomatal crypt: stomata recessed into leaves so that the water must travel further to reach them. Increases resistance to water loss."

Nikki Scott-Despaigne
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
Login to enter a peer comment (or grade)



Login or register (free and only takes a few minutes) to participate in this question.

You will also have access to many other tools and opportunities designed for those who have language-related jobs (or are passionate about them). Participation is free and the site has a strict confidentiality policy.

Return to KudoZ list

KudoZ™ translation help

The KudoZ network provides a framework for translators and others to assist each other with translations or explanations of terms and short phrases.

See also:
ProZ.com term search
Search millions of term translations
Close search
Term search
  • All of ProZ.com
  • Term search
  • Jobs
  • Forums
  • Multiple search