snake gourd

Bulgarian translation: тиква, готварска дълга;

GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW)
English term or phrase:snake gourd (snake tomato, serpent gourd, club gourd, viper's gourd) Trichosanthes cucumerina L. ; ~ anguina L.
Bulgarian translation:тиква, готварска дълга;
Entered by: Christo Metschkaroff

14:33 Feb 1, 2010
English to Bulgarian translations [PRO]
Science - Botany / вид тиква/ичка
English term or phrase: snake gourd
дълги тикви(чки)
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как се казва на БГ?
natasha stoyanova
Bulgaria
Local time: 20:23
тиква, готварска
Explanation:
Готварска тиква, от която може да се отрязват малки късчета (шайби) и която в последствие израства наново. http://www.cucurbit.org/family.html
Trichosanthes cucumerina L. (SYNONYMY: Trichosanthes anguina L.
Trichosanthes brevibracteata Kundu, Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 43: 373, t. 2. 1942.
Trichosanthes pachyrrhachis Kundu, Journal of Botany, British and Foreign 77(10): 9. 1939.
Trichosanthes colubrina Jacq. f.)
OTHER VERNACULAR NAMES: snake tomato, serpent gourd, club gourd, viper's gourd
Bengali: chichinga
Chinese: wang gua
Danish: trikosantes, lang tomat
Dutch: haarbloem
French: courge serpent, serpent végétal, serpent japonais
German: Schlangengurke, Schlangen-Haargurke
Gujarati: padavali
Hindi: chachinda (chichinda)
Italian: serpentona, zucchetta cinese
Japanese: hebi uri
Malay: petola ular, ketola ular
Marathi: padwal
Oriya: chichendara
Portuguese: abóbora serpente, patola
Punjabi: galartori
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Christo Metschkaroff
Bulgaria
Local time: 20:23
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4тиква, готварска
Christo Metschkaroff
Summary of reference entries provided
snake gourd
Ivan Klyunchev

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тиква, готварска


Explanation:
Готварска тиква, от която може да се отрязват малки късчета (шайби) и която в последствие израства наново. http://www.cucurbit.org/family.html
Trichosanthes cucumerina L. (SYNONYMY: Trichosanthes anguina L.
Trichosanthes brevibracteata Kundu, Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 43: 373, t. 2. 1942.
Trichosanthes pachyrrhachis Kundu, Journal of Botany, British and Foreign 77(10): 9. 1939.
Trichosanthes colubrina Jacq. f.)
OTHER VERNACULAR NAMES: snake tomato, serpent gourd, club gourd, viper's gourd
Bengali: chichinga
Chinese: wang gua
Danish: trikosantes, lang tomat
Dutch: haarbloem
French: courge serpent, serpent végétal, serpent japonais
German: Schlangengurke, Schlangen-Haargurke
Gujarati: padavali
Hindi: chachinda (chichinda)
Italian: serpentona, zucchetta cinese
Japanese: hebi uri
Malay: petola ular, ketola ular
Marathi: padwal
Oriya: chichendara
Portuguese: abóbora serpente, patola
Punjabi: galartori


    Reference: http://www.cucurbit.org/family.html
Christo Metschkaroff
Bulgaria
Local time: 20:23
Native speaker of: Native in BulgarianBulgarian
PRO pts in category: 8
Notes to answerer
Asker: Благодаря. на всички езици, без български бих искала в речника да бъде "дълга тиква", защото това е едно от няй-важните й качества

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Reference: snake gourd

Reference information:
Webster: snake gourd noun 1. or snake cucumber : snake melon 2. a. : a gourd (Trichosanthes anguina) with long contorted green and white edible fruits that become bright orange when fully ripe b. : bottle gourd c. : dishcloth gourd
Има няколко възможности. Но на български не намирам никоя.

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Note added at 20 mins (2010-02-01 14:53:11 GMT)
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cucumis_melo_flexuosus - май е това в случая.

Ivan Klyunchev
Bulgaria
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Native speaker of: Native in BulgarianBulgarian
PRO pts in category: 16
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