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lenho

English translation: xylem

11:55 Dec 8, 2014
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Science - Botany / seeds/farming
Portuguese term or phrase: lenho
Plantando-se preferencialmente em janeiro, há uma tendencia do lenho ficar mais fino facilitando a colheita....
milena mignossi ferreira
Brazil
Local time: 15:13
English translation:xylem
Explanation:
See definition in the Aurélio Portuguese dictionary:

1. O principal tecido de sustenção e condução de seiva bruta nos caules e raízes, caracterizado pela presença de elementos traqueais: xilema . . .

(Copied from my paper dictionary)
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Muriel Vasconcellos
United States
Local time: 11:13
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4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +4xylem
Muriel Vasconcellos
4lumber
Davidson G O Fatima
Summary of reference entries provided
Lenho
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida

  

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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
lumber


Explanation:
Suggestion => lumber

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Note added at 7 mins (2014-12-08 12:02:59 GMT)
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noun

1. timber sawed or split into planks, boards, etc.

2. miscellaneous useless articles that are stored away.

Source: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/lumber?s=t

Davidson G O Fatima
Brazil
Local time: 15:13
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 12

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Muriel Vasconcellos: This is about the plant's biology.
11 mins
neutral  Mario Freitas: Não é lenha, é lenho (xilema).
42 mins
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14 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
xylem


Explanation:
See definition in the Aurélio Portuguese dictionary:

1. O principal tecido de sustenção e condução de seiva bruta nos caules e raízes, caracterizado pela presença de elementos traqueais: xilema . . .

(Copied from my paper dictionary)

Muriel Vasconcellos
United States
Local time: 11:13
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 59

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
18 mins
  -> Thanks, Teresa!
agree  Mario Freitas:
33 mins
  -> Thanks, Mario!
agree  Gilmar Fernandes
2 hrs
  -> Thanks, Gilmar!
agree  Nick Taylor
5 hrs
  -> Thanks, Nick!
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Reference comments


34 mins peer agreement (net): +1
Reference: Lenho

Reference information:
BOTÂNICA conjunto de tecidos vegetais, em regra lenhificados, que se formam na parte interna de um órgão pela ação do câmbio; vasos traqueanos; xilema

Do latim lignu-, «madeira»
http://www.infopedia.pt/dicionarios/lingua-portuguesa/lenho?...

Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Portugal
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 24

Peer comments on this reference comment (and responses from the reference poster)
agree  Trans_Versa
32 mins
  -> Obrigada!
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