water vines

Italian translation: liane d\'acqua

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English term or phrase:water vines
Italian translation:liane d\'acqua
Entered by: Maria Elisa Albanese

18:48 May 8, 2017
English to Italian translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Environment & Ecology
English term or phrase: water vines
There’s plenty of rain in the rainforest, but little fresh drinking water. Learn to recognize water vines – they hold fresh water in their hollow stems. Use your machete to hack them open.
Maria Elisa Albanese
Italy
Local time: 01:05
liane d'acqua
Explanation:
è il nome comune delle fitocrene:

http://www.treccani.it/vocabolario/fitocrene/
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Elena and David Dickens
United Kingdom
Local time: 00:05
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2liane d'acqua
Elena and David Dickens
4 +1viti d'acqua
Gaetano Silvestri Campagnano
4liane d'acqua/liane dell'acqua
Silvia Nigretto


  

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viti d'acqua


Explanation:
https://books.google.it/books?id=_J3CztX_AC8C&pg=PA285&lpg=P...

"Vite d'acqua (tetracera potatoria), i cui gambi sono una specie di fontana..."

Gaetano Silvestri Campagnano
Italy
Local time: 01:05
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian
PRO pts in category: 131

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agree  kakapo77
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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
liane d'acqua


Explanation:
è il nome comune delle fitocrene:

http://www.treccani.it/vocabolario/fitocrene/


Elena and David Dickens
United Kingdom
Local time: 00:05
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in ItalianItalian
PRO pts in category: 4

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agree  Elena Zanetti
13 mins

agree  Francesco Badolato: vedi per esempio qui: https://en.glosbe.com/it/en/finivamo
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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
liane d'acqua/liane dell'acqua


Explanation:
Definizione:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_vine
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Water vine

Per l'italiano:
fitocrène
fitocrène s. f. [lat. scient. Phytocrene, comp. di phyto- «fito-» e del gr. κρήνη «fonte»]. – Genere di piante della famiglia icacinacee, con sette specie dell’Asia tropicale; sono comunem. dette liane d’acqua, perché tagliando i loro fusti ne sgorga una grande quantità di acqua potabile.

http://www.gevmodena.it/mioweb/amazzonia/amazzonia00/ama2200...

http://www.angolodellavventuraroma.com/mondogiovani/mondogio...

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Note added at 10 min (2017-05-08 18:58:17 GMT)
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La fonte della spiegazione dell'italiana è tratta da Treccani:
http://www.treccani.it/vocabolario/fitocrene/


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Note added at 1 ora (2017-05-08 20:08:26 GMT)
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Preciso solo che le occorenze riportano anche "liane DELL'acqua...

Silvia Nigretto
Local time: 01:05
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian
PRO pts in category: 6
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