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English: hooked

Portuguese translation: pêlos glandulares colantes







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English term or phrase:hooked
Portuguese translation:pêlos glandulares colantes
Entered by:Marco Schaumloeffel
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English to Portuguese translations [PRO]
Botany
English term or phrase: hooked
A hooked or doubly-hooked hair
Gabriela Matias
Portugal
pêlos glandulares colantes
Explanation:
Tanto o gênero Ibicella quanto Proboscidea contêm espécies cujas plantas são totalmente cobertas por milhões de pêlos glandulares colantes. ...
www.mcef.ep.usp.br/carnivoras/ Portugues/Genera/Ibicella.html
Erect, stout, 2 to 6 feet tall, simple below the inflorescence, with hooked and glandular hairs.
http://www.lib.ksu.edu/wildflower/illtickclover.html
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Marco Schaumloeffel
Barbados
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Obrigada!
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5 +1pêlos glandulares colantesMarco Schaumloeffel
3com barbasDavid Elliff


  

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com barbas

Explanation:
I'm making the assumption that these hairs are on a plant and they have the function of catching/holding on to something. The same idea as in barbed wire.

David Elliff
Brazil
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pêlos glandulares colantes

Explanation:
Tanto o gênero Ibicella quanto Proboscidea contêm espécies cujas plantas são totalmente cobertas por milhões de pêlos glandulares colantes. ...
www.mcef.ep.usp.br/carnivoras/ Portugues/Genera/Ibicella.html
Erect, stout, 2 to 6 feet tall, simple below the inflorescence, with hooked and glandular hairs.
http://www.lib.ksu.edu/wildflower/illtickclover.html

Marco Schaumloeffel
Barbados
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8
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Obrigada!

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