matière végétale

Definitions of matière végétale
  1. noun
    material derived from plants
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    paille
    material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds
    produit végétal
    a product made from plant material
    bois
    the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees
    tabac
    leaves of the tobacco plant dried and prepared for smoking or ingestion
    pin
    straight-grained durable and often resinous white to yellowish timber of any of numerous trees of the genus Pinus
    cyprès
    wood of any of various cypress trees especially of the genus Cupressus
    bois de chêne
    the hard durable wood of any oak; used especially for furniture and flooring
    alcool, éthanol
    the intoxicating agent in fermented and distilled liquors; used pure or denatured as a solvent or in medicines and colognes and cleaning solutions and rocket fuel; proposed as a renewable clean-burning additive to gasoline
    résine naturelle
    a plant exudate
    bûche
    a segment of the trunk of a tree when stripped of branches
    pin, sapin
    wood that is easy to saw (from conifers such as pine or fir)
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    matière
    the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object
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