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fuste

English translation: shaft (of the tree)

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Spanish term or phrase:fuste
English translation:shaft (of the tree)
Entered by: Adriana de Groote

23:37 Sep 25, 2005
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Science - Botany / Plaza plants & processes
Spanish term or phrase: fuste
Una labor importante fue la poda de arboles, dejando un fuste de mayor altura en el camellon central.
Kimberlee Thorne
United States
Local time: 06:43
shaft (of the tree)
Explanation:
Una de las traducciones de fuste es shaft. Parece ser la parte central del árbol que se proyecta hacia arriba.

PDF] SC153 1929 Pruning Fruit Plants
Formato de archivo: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - Versión en HTML
heavy pruning upsets the balance between the top of the tree and ... shaft of
the tree. The top should be kept well open to sunlight and. spray materials. ...
www.oznet.ksu.edu/historicpublications/Pubs/SC153.PDF - Páginas similares


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Note added at 17 mins (2005-09-25 23:55:40 GMT)
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Are kanaka maoli indigenous to Hawai'i? Would the status of being ... - [ Traduzca esta página ]
... and when looking at a palm tree, one can easily see the shaft of the tree
penetrating the ground, with the coconuts at the top surrounded by foliage. ...
www.angelfire.com/hi2/ hawaiiansovereignty/indigenous.html - 22k - En caché - Páginas similares

chapters.indigo.ca - Indigo Books & Music Inc. - [ Traduzca esta página ]
He thought of turning to back down the shaft of the tree, digging with his claws
into its seams and skin, but that would mean moving into an unseen space, ...
www.chapters.indigo.ca/include/BookExcerpt. asp?item=978067931169&Section=books&Lang=en&zxac=1 - 10k - En caché - Páginas similares

Michael Harlow - Xenophon’s Dog - nzepc - [ Traduzca esta página ]
The dog is waiting; in the cool shaft of the tree she is waiting for the hands
of Xenophon to reach into the slant shadows to touch her forehead. ...
www.nzepc.auckland.ac.nz/authors/harlow/dog.asp - 6k - En caché - Páginas similares

[PDF] A JOURNEY ON THE ST. JOHNS Grade 3-5
Formato de archivo: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - Versión en HTML
... cypress from the edge of the water, with its cone like base, perhaps 20 to 25 feet
in circumference, from which shoots up the tall slender shaft of the tree. ...
www.onetgov.net/events/history_ctr/lesson-plans/ PDF/A%20Journey%20on%20the%20StJohns%20grades%203-5.pdf - Resultado Suplementario - Páginas similares

[PDF] SC153 1929 Pruning Fruit Plants
Formato de archivo: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - Versión en HTML
shaft of the tree. The top should be kept well open to sunlight and. spray materials.
All leaders should be subdued and their vigor di- ...
www.oznet.ksu.edu/historicpublications/Pubs/SC153.PDF - Páginas similares

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Adriana de Groote
Guatemala
Local time: 06:43
Grading comment
I'll defend your answer, having cited specific examples of how its used. Thanks!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +3trunk
Henry Hinds
4stem
Alex Crichton
4shaft (of the tree)
Adriana de Groote
4[taller pieces of] trunk wood / heartwood
Muriel Vasconcellos


Discussion entries: 3





  

Answers


9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
stem


Explanation:
http://www.hgtv.com/hgtv/gardening/article/0,,HGTV_3546_1915...

Alex Crichton
Spain
Local time: 14:43
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Muriel Vasconcellos: "Stem" seems to be used mostly for small plants. Personally, I've never heard it used in reference to a tree, though that may be a possibility.
3 hrs
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16 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
shaft (of the tree)


Explanation:
Una de las traducciones de fuste es shaft. Parece ser la parte central del árbol que se proyecta hacia arriba.

PDF] SC153 1929 Pruning Fruit Plants
Formato de archivo: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - Versión en HTML
heavy pruning upsets the balance between the top of the tree and ... shaft of
the tree. The top should be kept well open to sunlight and. spray materials. ...
www.oznet.ksu.edu/historicpublications/Pubs/SC153.PDF - Páginas similares


--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 17 mins (2005-09-25 23:55:40 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

Are kanaka maoli indigenous to Hawai'i? Would the status of being ... - [ Traduzca esta página ]
... and when looking at a palm tree, one can easily see the shaft of the tree
penetrating the ground, with the coconuts at the top surrounded by foliage. ...
www.angelfire.com/hi2/ hawaiiansovereignty/indigenous.html - 22k - En caché - Páginas similares

chapters.indigo.ca - Indigo Books & Music Inc. - [ Traduzca esta página ]
He thought of turning to back down the shaft of the tree, digging with his claws
into its seams and skin, but that would mean moving into an unseen space, ...
www.chapters.indigo.ca/include/BookExcerpt. asp?item=978067931169&Section=books&Lang=en&zxac=1 - 10k - En caché - Páginas similares

Michael Harlow - Xenophon’s Dog - nzepc - [ Traduzca esta página ]
The dog is waiting; in the cool shaft of the tree she is waiting for the hands
of Xenophon to reach into the slant shadows to touch her forehead. ...
www.nzepc.auckland.ac.nz/authors/harlow/dog.asp - 6k - En caché - Páginas similares

[PDF] A JOURNEY ON THE ST. JOHNS Grade 3-5
Formato de archivo: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - Versión en HTML
... cypress from the edge of the water, with its cone like base, perhaps 20 to 25 feet
in circumference, from which shoots up the tall slender shaft of the tree. ...
www.onetgov.net/events/history_ctr/lesson-plans/ PDF/A%20Journey%20on%20the%20StJohns%20grades%203-5.pdf - Resultado Suplementario - Páginas similares

[PDF] SC153 1929 Pruning Fruit Plants
Formato de archivo: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - Versión en HTML
shaft of the tree. The top should be kept well open to sunlight and. spray materials.
All leaders should be subdued and their vigor di- ...
www.oznet.ksu.edu/historicpublications/Pubs/SC153.PDF - Páginas similares



Adriana de Groote
Guatemala
Local time: 06:43
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 16
Grading comment
I'll defend your answer, having cited specific examples of how its used. Thanks!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Alex Crichton: Sí, pero prueba con "stem" y te saldrán muchas más citas. Creo que lo botánico es este último.
42 mins
  -> No dudo que salgan más citas, pues "stem" es el tallo o tronco, pero como acá se están refiriendo a la poda de árboles, creo que se refieren a la parte superior y principal del follaje. No lo aseguro, pero creo que no es lo mismo la fusta que el tallo
neutral  Muriel Vasconcellos: I think this is more a literary than a botanical term. I couldn't find a tree-related definition for "shaft" in English.
2 hrs
  -> If you open the first link I posted, you will see how shaft is used in relation to pruning trees.
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +3
trunk


Explanation:
If it's a tree, then the word is "trunk", that's what it's called.

Henry Hinds
United States
Local time: 06:43
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 56

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Alex Crichton: I’m not sure, Henry. When it’s a young tree, small enough to get your hand around, trunk seems wrong, but this might be a prejudice. So why, in gardening and botany, do they talk about the "stem", when “trunk” will do?
16 mins
  -> It's a matter of splitting hairs at that stage, but generally for trees it's a "trunk".
agree  Adam Deutsch: http://www.papelnet.cl/ayuda/glosario_f.htm
39 mins
  -> Gracias, Adam.
agree  Daniel Burns (X)
1 hr
  -> Gracias, Daniel.
agree  Rachel Fell: In a pollarded tree (see link) it's called a trunk http://www.wildyorkshire.co.uk/naturediary/docs/oct99/oct04....
9 hrs
  -> Gracias, Rachel.
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
[taller pieces of] trunk wood / heartwood


Explanation:
Another interpretation:
The DRAE defines "fuste" as: "parte so'lida de los a'rboles cubierta por la corteza."

My doubt is whether "fuste" in this case is referring to all the wood under the bark or specifically to the heartwood (see definition below).

My interpretation is that the text is saying that by keeping the tree pruned, the (harvestable) trunk wood has a chance to grow taller.

"Trunk wood" refers to everything underneath the bark. At a finer level, in botany there is a distinction between the outer "sapwood" and the harder part inside, which is "heartwood." This is the wood that makes the best lumber. "Trunk" would INCLUDE the bark, but the idea is the same (the harvestable part gets taller), so the answer depends on the level of detail you want to go to.

"heartwood - the core of the trunk, which contains very strong, dead tissue that supports the tree."
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/plants/label/label...

By the way, I found an interesting discussion about whether this wood is "dead" or "alive" at http://www.chesco.com/~treeman/SHIGO/NTB.html.




Muriel Vasconcellos
United States
Local time: 05:43
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 79
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