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cayucos e higüeros

English translation: lady of the night cacti (cactuses) and calabash trees


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Spanish term or phrase:cayucos e higüeros
English translation:lady of the night cacti (cactuses) and calabash trees
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15:20 Jul 26, 2008
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Tourism & Travel / trees
Spanish term or phrase: cayucos e higüeros
alguien conoces la traduccion de estos arboles al ingles?
Veronica De Pasquale
Dominican Republic
Local time: 04:06
lady of the night cacti (cactuses) and calabash trees
Explanation:
Encontré el cayuco como Cereus hexogonus y en inglés es lady of the night. El higüero (Crescentia cujete) es calabash tree.
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maryro
Argentina
Local time: 05:06
Grading comment
Gracias!!!
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Summary of answers provided
4 +1lady of the night cacti (cactuses) and calabash treesmaryro
4Cactus (Cereus jamacaru f.monstruosus) and calabash treeRick Larg
4cactus and calabash treesCharlotte Fairweather
2 +1dug-outs (canoes) and gourds
Deborah Lockett


Discussion entries: 4





  

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19 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5 peer agreement (net): +1
dug-outs (canoes) and gourds


Explanation:
as for the trees, could you give more context please?

http://www.google.es/search?hl=es&q=cayuco "dug-out"&meta=

http://www.google.es/search?hl=es&q=+higüeros gourds&meta=

Deborah Lockett
Local time: 09:06
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 155

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Sandra Rodriguez
53 mins
  -> thanks Sandra, enjoy your weekend! :-) Deborah
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
lady of the night cacti (cactuses) and calabash trees


Explanation:
Encontré el cayuco como Cereus hexogonus y en inglés es lady of the night. El higüero (Crescentia cujete) es calabash tree.


    Reference: http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=CEHE3
    Reference: http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://marcano.freese...
maryro
Argentina
Local time: 05:06
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Gracias!!!

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agree  guga0018
4 hrs
  -> Mil gracias!
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
cactus and calabash trees


Explanation:
more references, it seems to me that cayucos would be cacti in general, unless specified in the context


    Reference: http://sabanabuey.com/NuestroModoDeHablar.aspx
    Reference: http://www.dominicanaonline.org/Portal/espanol/cpo_flora_esp...
Charlotte Fairweather
Local time: 10:06
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Kate Major: This is too similar to Rick's answer, in my opinion, to be a separate answer, don't you think?
46 mins
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14 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Cactus (Cereus jamacaru f.monstruosus) and calabash tree


Explanation:
Explanation:
Cayuco is a cactus. see:http://fichas.infojardin.com/cactus/cereus-jamacaru-monstruo...
No common English name as far as I can see.
Higüero is a tree that is in danger of extinction, (Latin name: Crescentia portoricensis ) called calabash tree (common English name).
http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic...
http://www.british-towns.net/nature/07_specie_detail.asp?Get...
(The web ref below is for the Latin name of the cactus.)


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Note added at 14 hrs (2008-07-27 06:16:10 GMT)
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Sorry. I had hidden my original answer by mistake!


    Reference: http://www.coquipr.com/pla/cp.php
Rick Larg
Spain
Local time: 10:06
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 48
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