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dum

English translation: Typo ?

03:32 Dec 24, 2004
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Botany
English term or phrase: dum
en el desierto en busca de un oasis. Dice en inglés:
"full of acacia, dum and date palms."
Averland
Selected answer:Typo ?
Explanation:
"Gum and date palms" makes more sense!
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JCEC
Canada
Local time: 05:35
Grading comment
1 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED
4 +5Hyphaene thebaica
Gabriella Gregori (X)
4 +2Typo ?
JCEC
3palmera dum
Lisa Russell


  

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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
Typo ?


Explanation:
"Gum and date palms" makes more sense!


    Reference: http://www.jacksonvillegarden.com/palms/fccj/fccj5.htm
JCEC
Canada
Local time: 05:35
Native speaker of: French
PRO pts in category: 1

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Refugio: or dom palms
5 mins
  -> Thanks, but I think Gabri found the correct answer
neutral  Gabriella Gregori (X): if so, it looks like averland accepted the "wrong" answer............
1 hr
agree  Aisha Rishi
2 hrs
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15 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
palmera dum


Explanation:
(1)
TERM palmera dum

Reference Arancel Aduanero Notex CCD 96.02



    Reference: http://europa.eu.int/eurodicautom/Controller
Lisa Russell
United States
Local time: 05:35
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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16 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +5
Hyphaene thebaica


Explanation:
the dum (doum) palm is the Hyphaene thebaica
http://www.pacsoa.org.au/palms/Hyphaene/thebaica.html
in Spanish: palma dom
http://www.wrm.org.uy/boletin/50/Eritrea.html

Gabriella Gregori (X)
Local time: 11:35
Native speaker of: Italian

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  JCEC
11 mins
agree  bigedsenior
26 mins
agree  sarahl (X)
26 mins
agree  Aisha Rishi
2 hrs
agree  Nesrin: Yes, it's defintely not a typo.
5 hrs
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