huauzontle

English translation: huauzontle/goosefoot

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Spanish term or phrase:huauzontle
English translation:huauzontle/goosefoot
Entered by: Michele Fauble

19:10 Sep 15, 2008
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Science - Botany / Mexico
Spanish term or phrase: huauzontle
I have a list of plants from the Central Altiplano in Mexico with no additional information:

agaves, aguacate, ***amaranto y otros huauzontles***, calabaza y sus flores, camote, capulín, chiles, ciruela americana, frambuesas, frijol, jícama, jitomate, maíz y su hongo huitlacoche, nopal, pitahaya, quelites, tejocote, tomate verde o tomatillo, tunas, verdolaga, yuca, zapote blanco, zapote negro

Thanks, in advance, for the help!
Patricia Rosas
United States
Local time: 15:22
huauzontle (Chenopodium berlandieri)
Explanation:
Huauzontle. Chenopodium berlandieri This goosefoot species (say “wah-zont-lay”) is found in archeological association with Old Peoples of the New World all ...
www.wildgardenseed.com/index.php?cPath=39

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Chenopodium berlandieri, also called Pitseed Goosefoot, Southern Huauzontle, and Lambsquarters, is a species of goosefoot native to North America, where it is very common in temperate regions and distributed throughout much of the continent.[1]

The species includes the following varieties:[1]

* Chenopodium berlandieri var. berlandieri
* Chenopodium berlandieri var. boscianum
* Chenopodium berlandieri var. bushianum (Bush's goosefoot)
* Chenopodium berlandieri var. macrocalycium
* Chenopodium berlandieri var. sinuatum
* Chenopodium berlandieri var. zschackii (Zschack's goosefoot)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chenopodium_berlandieri


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'Goosefoot (species)'

Goosefoot, huauzontle, quelite, and bledo are common names for a leafy plant that Indian tribes, indeed civilizations throughout the Americas relied upon for food. The common names refer to several annual species in the genus Chenopodium ...

... Chenopodium berlandieri subsp. nuttalliae (Huauzontle) was grown in Mexico, and is now grown commercially for its colorful (green and red) leafy foliage.
www.texasbeyondhistory.net/st-plains/nature/images/chenopod...
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Michele Fauble
United States
Local time: 15:22
Grading comment
You and Liz arrived almost at the same time, so I wish I could split the pts. but I'll give them to you. Great links! Thanks very much!
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4 +4huauzontle (Chenopodium berlandieri)
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huauzontles


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Quinoa, Chenopodium quinoa, provides a new host for native ...
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ate climate of Denmark. C. quinoa is still not grown com- ... on the cultivated plants of huauzontle (Chenopodium nuttal- ...
www.insectscience.org/8.49/i1536-2442-8-49.pdf - Similar pages
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Pseudograins
... cultivation is marginal or nonproductive because the climate is cold and harsh. ... Either huauzontle or the cultivated Mexican amaranths (or both) was ...
www.botgard.ucla.edu/html/botanytextbooks/economicbotany/Am... - 6k - Cached - Similar pages

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Sorry

in the singular

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Grains
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Buckwheat is particularly well adapted to cold climates and poor, light soils. Its cul- ... Huauzontle (C. nuttalliae). was. domesticated in Mexico. ...
www.kew.org/scihort/ecbot/papers/nesbitt2005grains.pdf - Similar pages

liz askew
United Kingdom
Local time: 23:22
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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huauzontle (Chenopodium berlandieri)


Explanation:
Huauzontle. Chenopodium berlandieri This goosefoot species (say “wah-zont-lay”) is found in archeological association with Old Peoples of the New World all ...
www.wildgardenseed.com/index.php?cPath=39

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Note added at 9 mins (2008-09-15 19:20:20 GMT)
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Chenopodium berlandieri, also called Pitseed Goosefoot, Southern Huauzontle, and Lambsquarters, is a species of goosefoot native to North America, where it is very common in temperate regions and distributed throughout much of the continent.[1]

The species includes the following varieties:[1]

* Chenopodium berlandieri var. berlandieri
* Chenopodium berlandieri var. boscianum
* Chenopodium berlandieri var. bushianum (Bush's goosefoot)
* Chenopodium berlandieri var. macrocalycium
* Chenopodium berlandieri var. sinuatum
* Chenopodium berlandieri var. zschackii (Zschack's goosefoot)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chenopodium_berlandieri


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Note added at 17 mins (2008-09-15 19:28:10 GMT)
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'Goosefoot (species)'

Goosefoot, huauzontle, quelite, and bledo are common names for a leafy plant that Indian tribes, indeed civilizations throughout the Americas relied upon for food. The common names refer to several annual species in the genus Chenopodium ...

... Chenopodium berlandieri subsp. nuttalliae (Huauzontle) was grown in Mexico, and is now grown commercially for its colorful (green and red) leafy foliage.
www.texasbeyondhistory.net/st-plains/nature/images/chenopod...


Michele Fauble
United States
Local time: 15:22
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 28
Grading comment
You and Liz arrived almost at the same time, so I wish I could split the pts. but I'll give them to you. Great links! Thanks very much!

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agree  baligh
11 mins
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agree  Bubo Coroman (X)
21 mins
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agree  Rachel Fell: yes, I'd say goosefoot species - goosefoot seems to be a subsp. of Amaranthaceae (so I'd leave out the "other") - or even "amaranth and similar species" (esp. as "amaranth" seems a bit unspecific - ?)
1 hr
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agree  Egmont
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