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timbó do mato

English translation: fish poison

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Portuguese term or phrase:timbó do mato
English translation:fish poison
Entered by: Maria José Tavares (X)

08:06 Sep 12, 2008
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Science - Botany
Portuguese term or phrase: timbó do mato
no context.

Is there a common name in English?
zabrowa
Local time: 12:56
fish poison
Explanation:
timbó
nome masculino
1. BOTÂNICA nome vulgar por que também é conhecido o embude
2. BOTÂNICA designação extensiva a várias outras plantas, especialmente no Brasil (timbó-açu, timbó-amarelo, etc.)

embude
substantivo masculino
BOTÂNICA fish poison;
(dicionário Porto Editora)

Espero que ajude
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Maria José Tavares (X)
Portugal
Local time: 11:56
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valeu
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4 +2fish poison
Maria José Tavares (X)
3fish fuddle
erik b
2hemlock water dropwort ?
Rachel Fell
Summary of reference entries provided
Carlos Quandt

  

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fish poison


Explanation:
timbó
nome masculino
1. BOTÂNICA nome vulgar por que também é conhecido o embude
2. BOTÂNICA designação extensiva a várias outras plantas, especialmente no Brasil (timbó-açu, timbó-amarelo, etc.)

embude
substantivo masculino
BOTÂNICA fish poison;
(dicionário Porto Editora)

Espero que ajude

Maria José Tavares (X)
Portugal
Local time: 11:56
Native speaker of: Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 4
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valeu

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agree  Clauwolf: é isso, planta usada como isca - não tem tradução, por ser um nome de origem indígena
6 hrs
  -> Obrigada e bom fim de semana
agree  Alexandra Gouveia
4 days
  -> obrigada Alexandra
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hemlock water dropwort ?


Explanation:
if it is "embude", as Maria José's answer suggests

hemlock water dropwort is poisonous to various animals

http://fotosviseu.blogspot.com/2007/05/embude-oenanthe-croca...

Oenanthe crocataBrief description of Hemlock Water Dropwort and several photographs.
www.plant-identification.co.uk/skye/umbelliferae/oenanthe-c... - 6k - Cached - Similar pages

Rachel Fell
United Kingdom
Local time: 11:56
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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fish fuddle


Explanation:
Piscidia erythrina
1. fish fuddle - small tree of West Indies and Florida having large odd-pinnate leaves and panicles of red-striped purple to white flowers followed by decorative curly winged seedpods; yields fish poisons
Jamaica dogwood, Piscidia erythrina, Piscidia piscipula
genus Piscidia, Piscidia - genus of shrubs or small trees having indehiscent pods with black seeds; roots and bark yield fish poisons
tree - a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms


    Reference: http://www.thefreedictionary.com/fish+fuddle
erik b
Brazil
Local time: 07:56
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese, Native in FrenchFrench
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Reference

Reference information:
There are hundreds of plants named "timbó" in Brazil. Most of them do not have common names in English. Here are just a few.

Enterolobium schomburgkii Benth.
Sucupira amarela, paricarana, timbaúba, * timbó da mata* , timborana, fava de rosca, orelha de negro, orelha de macaco, faveira dura, fava-orelha-de-macaco, fava bolota, fava uingue, favela.

Serjania caracasana (Jacq.) Willd. - cipo d’agua; timbo do campo.
De acordo com Pott & Pott (1994), esta planta é apícola, dá néctar; é tóxica para peixes e contém 3 saponinas (serjanosídeos). Segundo Corrêa
(1924), esta planta é conhecida por Timbó do Campo em Goiás e é reputada como muito venenosa e bastante aproveitada para tinguijar peixe.

Derris guyanensis - timbo acu; timbo da mata; timborana

Derris negrensis - timbo acu; timborona

Lonchocarpus floribundus - mariapixi; timbo venenoso; timbo vermelho; timborana

Tephrosia toxicaria - anil brabo; anil bravo; arnica brava; timbo de caiena; timbo para matar peixes; tingui; tingui de caiena

Carlos Quandt
Brazil
Native speaker of: Portuguese
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