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Spanish: agapandos

English translation: agapanthus



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Spanish term or phrase:agapandos
English translation:agapanthus
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Botany / Urban / Mexico City
Spanish term or phrase: agapandos
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The context...

En las áreas de jardines se colocaron grandes setos rectangulares de abelia (de 9 metros de ancho y 1.2 metro de altura), rodeados por franjas sucesivas de helechos (de 1 metro de ancho), ***agapandos*** y azucenas, como se muestra en el siguiente esquema.
PTLtda
Colombia
agapanthus
Explanation:
Also "African lily", "lily of the Nile"
Agapanthus sp.
http://www.academia.org.mx/dbm/DICAZ/a.htm
http://www.emilycompost.com/agapanthus.htm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/gardening/plants/plantprofile_agapanthu...
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GoodWords
Mexico
Note from asker to answerer
Thanks GoodWords. I appreciate your help throughout this run of questions. John, thanks for the tip on finding the names.
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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +6
agapanthus

Explanation:
Also "African lily", "lily of the Nile"
Agapanthus sp.
http://www.academia.org.mx/dbm/DICAZ/a.htm
http://www.emilycompost.com/agapanthus.htm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/gardening/plants/plantprofile_agapanthu...


GoodWords
Mexico
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 12
Note from asker to answerer
Thanks GoodWords. I appreciate your help throughout this run of questions. John, thanks for the tip on finding the names.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree Daniel Coria
2 mins

agree Juan Jacob: Preciosa flor, por cierto. Muy común en México.
20 mins

agree anne estrada
28 mins

agree Michele Fauble: Agapanthus
1 hr

agree Muriel Vasconcellos: Yes, with a cap. Also common in San Diego.
1 hr

agree John Speese: I agree, for plants and animals, you can google the source language name, get the scientific name, and then google the scientific name and come up with the target language name.
12 hrs
  -> Actually, I have several of them growing in my (Mexico City) garden, but this is the first time I found out what they're called in English!
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