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Tapizantes

English translation: groundcovers

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Spanish term or phrase:Tapizantes
English translation:groundcovers
Entered by: Marea

16:21 Jul 5, 2006
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Botany / Gardening
Spanish term or phrase: Tapizantes
Tapizantes en vez de cesped
Marea
Paraguay
groundcovers
Explanation:
Hola Marea,
Puedes verificarlo en el enlace bilingüe que te incluyo abajo.
Buena suerte y saludos del Oso ¶:^)

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Note added at 10 mins (2006-07-05 16:32:35 GMT)
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De la Wikipedia:

"...Groundcover is any plant used for the purpose of growing over an area of ground to hide it or to protect it from erosion or drought. In an ecosystem, the ground cover is the layer of vegetation below the shrub layer.
Strictly speaking, the most widespread groundcover are grasses of various types. In gardening terms, however, ****the term groundcover refers to non-grass plants that are used in place of grasses****.
Four general types of plants are commonly used as groundcovers:
•Vines, which are woody plants with slender, spreading stems
•Herbaceous plants, or non-woody plants
•Shrubs of a low-growing, spreading variety
•Moss of larger, coarser varieties ..."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groundcover
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tapizantes
groundcovers


Explanation:
Hola Marea,
Puedes verificarlo en el enlace bilingüe que te incluyo abajo.
Buena suerte y saludos del Oso ¶:^)

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Note added at 10 mins (2006-07-05 16:32:35 GMT)
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De la Wikipedia:

"...Groundcover is any plant used for the purpose of growing over an area of ground to hide it or to protect it from erosion or drought. In an ecosystem, the ground cover is the layer of vegetation below the shrub layer.
Strictly speaking, the most widespread groundcover are grasses of various types. In gardening terms, however, ****the term groundcover refers to non-grass plants that are used in place of grasses****.
Four general types of plants are commonly used as groundcovers:
•Vines, which are woody plants with slender, spreading stems
•Herbaceous plants, or non-woody plants
•Shrubs of a low-growing, spreading variety
•Moss of larger, coarser varieties ..."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groundcover


    Reference: http://www.plantselection.com/BUSCADOR.CFM?familia=4&i=en
    Reference: http://www.plantselection.com/BUSCADOR.CFM?familia=4&i=es
Oso (X)
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 24
Grading comment
Hola Oso muchas gracias! Saludos.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Rachel Fell: I'd use it in the singular - groundcover instead of lawn (or turf)
4 mins
  -> Oki Doki, gracias, Rachel ¶:^)
agree  spanruss: Sí, me suena. Y tiene razón Rachel.
7 mins
  -> Muchas gracias, spanruss05 ¶:^)
agree  John Speese: I agree, groundcovers, and I'd prefer the plural, as there are many species of plants that grow this way and one could use more than one in the same place.
58 mins
  -> Muchas gracias, John. Concuerdo con tu razonamiento. ¶:^)
agree  Catalina Connon
2 hrs
  -> Muchas gracias, Catalina ¶:^)
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