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lamburda

English translation: spur, fruit spur

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Spanish term or phrase:lamburda
English translation:spur, fruit spur
Entered by: Dennis Wright

22:30 Feb 12, 2006
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Science - Botany / fruit trees
Spanish term or phrase: lamburda
please see this link: http://www.infojardin.com/Frutales/poda-manzano-peral-membri...

Under "Las formaciones que nos encontramos en FRUTALES..." it lists a series of terms referring to vegetative elements of fruit trees and shows corresponding diagrams.

Do we have any botanists on this website that know what a lamburda is in English?
Dennis Wright
Local time: 07:13
spur, fruit spur
Explanation:
HTH


Sheila


http://www.termcat.net/termgia/termnorm/fitxes/2/207937_36.h...

spur:
A specialized shoot that bears leaves, flowers, and/or fruit. Apples and pears bear their fruit on spurs.
www.earthandtable.com/glossary/plants/anatomy/stem.html


A short lateral branch of a tree which bears flower buds.
www.unwinsdirect.co.uk/
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Sheila Hardie
Spain
Local time: 08:13
Grading comment
many thanks
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Summary of answers provided
3 +5spur, fruit spur
Sheila Hardie
5 +1short shoot
Mariana Moreira


  

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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
short shoot


Explanation:
IATE: Term: short shoot
Reference: Haensch/Haberkamp, Dict. Agriculture
Note: Horticulture

Short shoot of elephant tree, Pachycormus discolor, small tree of the Sonoran
Desert Pachycormus discolor (Family Anacardiaceae) of the Sonoran Desert ...
www.botgard.ucla.edu/html/botanytextbooks/generalbotany/ typesofshoots/longshootshortshoot/a1276tx.html


Mariana Moreira
Portugal
Local time: 07:13
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Eckhard Boehle: This I also found as synonym to "spur"
11 hrs
  -> Thanks, Eckhard
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36 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +5
spur, fruit spur


Explanation:
HTH


Sheila


http://www.termcat.net/termgia/termnorm/fitxes/2/207937_36.h...

spur:
A specialized shoot that bears leaves, flowers, and/or fruit. Apples and pears bear their fruit on spurs.
www.earthandtable.com/glossary/plants/anatomy/stem.html


A short lateral branch of a tree which bears flower buds.
www.unwinsdirect.co.uk/

Sheila Hardie
Spain
Local time: 08:13
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 71
Grading comment
many thanks

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Eckhard Boehle
14 mins
  -> thanks, Eckhard:-)
agree  David Elliff: maybe also "fruiting spur"
2 hrs
  -> thanks, David:-)
agree  John Speese: I'd just say spur.
3 hrs
  -> thanks, John :-)
agree  Muriel Vasconcellos
5 hrs
  -> thanks, Muriel :-)
agree  Rachel Fell: spur - good clear info. in asker's link:)\\...which I'll read in more detail later to check for the "bolsa" question!
10 hrs
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