longévif
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French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From longé (“long”) + vif (“life”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
longévif (feminine longévive, masculine plural longévifs, feminine plural longévives)
- (uncommon) long-lived
- 2009, Pascal Collin with Yann Dumas, “Que savons-nous de l'ailante (Ailanthus altissima (Miller) Swingle) ? [What do we know about A. altissima?]”, in Revue Forestière Française, volume 61, number 2, , pages 117–130:
- Mais comme le fait remarquer Kowarik (2007), sa reproduction végétative le rend en quelque sorte très longévif, le premier individu introduit aux États-Unis en 1784 étant toujours présent grâce à ses drageons.
- But as it is mentioned by Kowarik (2007), vegetative reproduction makes [A. altissima] very long-lived, in a way. The first individual planted in the United States in 1784 is still there thanks to its suckers.
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References[edit]
- “longévif”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.