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Italian to English translations [PRO] Science - Botany
Italian term or phrase:lenticchie trasversali
A description of a plant's leaves:
"La superficie esterna e' di color grigio, piuttosto liscia, per lo piu' debolmente lucida, con poche ***lenticchie trasversali***, spesso coperta da licheni e muschi."
The only thing I can find is, of course, lentils... which don't seem appropriate!
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THINK I FOUND IT!! They are known as "Warts"
Cascara sagrada is officially described as "in quills or curved pieces, about 3 to 10 Cm. (1 1/5 to 4 inches) long, and about 2 Mm. (1/12 inch) thick; outer surface brownish-gray and whitish; the young bark having numerous, rather broad, pale-colored warts;
OK, let's do some syntax here ;) the moss and lichen in the above sentence refer to the EXTERNAL SURFACE of the PLANT, not of the "berries" or any other part in particular. Transversal would indicate the position accross the stem, beneath the leaves
If the description is of the leaves then Promontium's answer makes perfect sense (don't see how the moss and lichen fit in though as although commonly found on the bark, I can find no reference of these forming on the berries) ...!
I think the plant is called The Sacred Bark and is used as a laxative. Now your question was "A description of a plant's LEAVES", so I'm inclined to think that lenticche trasversali would refer to the "berries" beneath the leaves rather than bark.
-------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 hr (2008-03-09 21:11:47 GMT) --------------------------------------------------
THINK I FOUND IT!! They are known as "Warts"
Cascara sagrada is officially described as "in quills or curved pieces, about 3 to 10 Cm. (1 1/5 to 4 inches) long, and about 2 Mm. (1/12 inch) thick; outer surface brownish-gray and whitish; the young bark having numerous, rather broad, pale-colored warts;
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