Tucum
English translation: tucum palm
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| 09:24 May 16, 2006 |
| Portuguese to English translations [Non-PRO] Science - Botany / Plants (I suppose) | |||||||
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|  Selected response from: Muriel Vasconcellos United States Local time: 03:28 | ||||||
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| 5 +1 | astrocaryum/bactris |
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| 5 | tucum palm |
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peer agreement (net): +1astrocaryum/bactris Explanation: TUCUM - designação comum a várias palmeiras, dos gêneros ASTROCARYUM e BACTRIS - típica do Brasil e países vizinhos. Talvez vc possa usar o termo latino e eventualmente uma explicação, se necessário. Há vários subtipos. PALM TREE |
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tucum palm Explanation: I wouldn't bother with the Latin name for two reasons: (1) the Latin name is in dispute, and (2) the English name is "tucum palm." or "tucuma palm," with "tucum palm" yielding more references on the Internet. This isn't a context in which the Latin name matters. Collected, Chonta, Panima Po: Tucumã, tucumã-açu, **En: Tucum palm**, Amazon, Edible fruit, Silva 1991, Cavalcante 1991. A. ayri Mart. ... www.ciat.cgiar.org/ipgri/fruits_from_americas/frutales/spec... **Engl.: tucuma palm**, awarra palm, tucum palm. Pharm.: tucum oil. King's: Oleum Palmae.--Palm Oil. - Related Species. Copyright © 1995-2006 Henriette Kress. ... www.henriettesherbal.com/php/get.php?id=14795 The **tucum palm** reaches a height of 20 meters and is native to the western Amazon. Its fiber is considered to be among the finest and most durable of the ... www.nap.edu/books/0309037395/html/114.html One or two of the children wore necklaces and bracelets made of the polished wood of the **tucum palm**, and of the molars of small rodents. ... www.bartleby.com/174/pages/page241.html |
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