agapandos

English translation: agapanthus

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Spanish term or phrase:agapandos
English translation:agapanthus
Entered by: Pantoglot

03:46 Sep 21, 2005
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Botany / Urban / Mexico City
Spanish term or phrase: agapandos
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The context...

En las áreas de jardines se colocaron grandes setos rectangulares de abelia (de 9 metros de ancho y 1.2 metro de altura), rodeados por franjas sucesivas de helechos (de 1 metro de ancho), ***agapandos*** y azucenas, como se muestra en el siguiente esquema.
Pantoglot
Colombia
Local time: 03:13
agapanthus
Explanation:
Also "African lily", "lily of the Nile"
Agapanthus sp.
http://www.academia.org.mx/dbm/DICAZ/a.htm
http://www.emilycompost.com/agapanthus.htm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/gardening/plants/plantprofile_agapanthu...
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Margaret Schroeder
Mexico
Local time: 02:13
Grading comment
Thanks GoodWords. I appreciate your help throughout this run of questions. John, thanks for the tip on finding the names.
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agapanthus


Explanation:
Also "African lily", "lily of the Nile"
Agapanthus sp.
http://www.academia.org.mx/dbm/DICAZ/a.htm
http://www.emilycompost.com/agapanthus.htm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/gardening/plants/plantprofile_agapanthu...


Margaret Schroeder
Mexico
Local time: 02:13
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 12
Grading comment
Thanks GoodWords. I appreciate your help throughout this run of questions. John, thanks for the tip on finding the names.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Daniel Coria
2 mins

agree  Juan Jacob: Preciosa flor, por cierto. Muy común en México.
20 mins

agree  Anne Grimes
28 mins

agree  Michele Fauble: Agapanthus
1 hr

agree  Muriel Vasconcellos: Yes, with a cap. Also common in San Diego.
1 hr

agree  John Speese: I agree, for plants and animals, you can google the source language name, get the scientific name, and then google the scientific name and come up with the target language name.
12 hrs
  -> Actually, I have several of them growing in my (Mexico City) garden, but this is the first time I found out what they're called in English!
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