Nov 12, 2009 04:24
14 yrs ago
Spanish term

cabuya

Spanish to English Science Botany
TIA for any help with this term!

In context:

La *cabuya* se controla en XXX, XXX, XXX y XXX.
También un programa de reforestación con vivero ubicado en la parte alta. Allí se siembra plantas nativas y endémicas como mangle botón, rodilla de caballo, mangle negro, manzanillo, sesuvium, nolana, darwinothamus, uva de playa, algarrobo, mangle blanco y algodoncillo.

Proposed translations

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cabuya

(Colombian) cabuya

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Note added at 6 mins (2009-11-12 04:31:24 GMT)
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Apparently, also "fique plant"...

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Note added at 2 days4 mins (2009-11-14 04:29:03 GMT) Post-grading
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Welcome, Cesar.
Peer comment(s):

agree Muriel Vasconcellos : giant cabuya, Furcraea gigantea (per Merriam-Webster)
24 mins
Thank you, Dr. Vasconcellos.
agree Rafael Molina Pulgar
6 hrs
Thank you, Rafael.
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thank you Zareh!"
30 mins

pita

According to Oxford and please see the following from Google:

[PDF] THE USE AND POTENTIAL OF THE PITA PLANT, AECHMEA MAGDALENAE (ANDRÉ ...File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - View as HTML
pita plant by Ngöbe women, my first purpose was to determine use and ... second purpose was to examine how this use of the pita plant has changed in ...
forest.mtu.edu/pcforestry/people/2001/lincolnPovel.pdf - Similar

Pita Plant ClipartPita Plant, Clipart ETC: An online service of Florida's Educational Technology ... Pita Plant. To use any of the clipart images above (including the ...
etc.usf.edu/clipart/8000/8052/pita_plant_8052.htm - Cached - Similar
PLANTS Profile for Pinus taeda (loblolly pine) | USDA PLANTSA PLANTS profile of Pinus taeda (loblolly pine) from the USDA PLANTS database. ... Symbol: PITA. Group: Gymnosperm. Family: Pinaceae. Duration: Perennial ...
plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=PITA - Cached - Similar
[PDF] La Pita Micro Hydro: Bringing Power to the PeopleFile Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - View as HTML
Pita plant in Nicaragua. 1 B bilized combatants from both sides were resettled in northern Nica- ragua, near the site of this micro hydro project. ...
www.greenempowerment.org/website_PDFs/LaPitaMH.Article.pdf - Similar
Pita and Silk Grassview that the Colombian Pita plant is Ananas macrodontes. E. Morr. Further specimens of a plant known as Pita have been received ...
www.jstor.org/stable/4120583
by CH Wright - 1923

among others
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1 hr

Fique

Nombre científico = Furcraea andina. Es una planta de la cual se extrae una fibra muy utilizada para hacer sacos o costales para transportar productos agrícolas.
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