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English: banana canopy/canopy

Spanish translation: cubierta formada por las hojas del bananal/platanal







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English term or phrase:banana canopy/canopy
Spanish translation:cubierta formada por las hojas del bananal/platanal
Entered by:Idoia Echenique
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Agriculture
English term or phrase: banana canopy/canopy
because of the ***banana canopy***, the vapors of the chemical tend to trap under the **canopy** where the people are working.

Terejimenez
Colombia
la cubierta formada por las hojas del bananal/platanal
Explanation:
No se me ocurre una forma más corta de decirlo, pero quizá te dé uan idea. :)
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Idoia Echenique
Spain
Note from asker to answerer
Es una buena salida. Muchas gracias a todos por sus aportes.
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Summary of answers provided
5 +1bóveda del bananal/platanalslothm
4 +1canopea (formado por arboles)
Lia Fail
3 +2la cubierta formada por las hojas del bananal/platanal
Idoia Echenique


  


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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
la cubierta formada por las hojas del bananal/platanal

Explanation:
No se me ocurre una forma más corta de decirlo, pero quizá te dé uan idea. :)

Idoia Echenique
Spain
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 23
Note from asker to answerer
Es una buena salida. Muchas gracias a todos por sus aportes.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree Lydia De Jorge
9 mins
  -> Gracias, Lydia :)

agree Laureana Pavon
4 hrs
  -> Gracias, Laureana
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33 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
canopea (formado por arboles)

Explanation:
Canopea (bosque)
De Wikipedia

La Canopea también denominado como Dosel Forestal es el hábitat que se encuentra en el nivel superior de un bosque, especialmente en las selvas. Los Árboles de la Canopea se refiere a los árboles más altos de un bosque que se distinguen de esta manera de los árboles secundarios que ocupan los nichos ecológicos más bajos.

Canopy (forest)
From Wikipedia

The canopy is the uppermost level of a forest, formed by the tree crowns. Canopy trees refers to the trees in a forest which form the canopy. The uneven layers of the canopy is formed by both dominant and co-dominant trees. Emergents - of which there are typically one or two per hecatre - reach above the canopy.




Lia Fail
Spain
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 12

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree sugrass: "Dosel" is the most common term in agriculture:-)
2 hrs
  -> Thanks, you are right, this is a banana plantation:-)
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47 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
bóveda del bananal/platanal

Explanation:
Interpreto que la bóveda de un bosque es similar a la bóveda de un bananal/platanal. ¿Un platanero es un árbol o es una mata?

slothm
Uruguay
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 40

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree agoreux: El plátanero es una herbacea (Musa paradisiaca). Mew gusta lo de bóveda, porque en realidad tiene esa forma.
7 hrs
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