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matos esclerófitos

English translation: sclerophyllous scrub

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Portuguese term or phrase:matos esclerófitos
English translation:sclerophyllous scrub
Entered by: Aoife Kennedy

13:07 Sep 7, 2005
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Science - Botany
Region (source): Portuguese (Portugal)
Region (target): English (United Kingdom)
Portuguese term or phrase: matos esclerófitos
Part of the flora of the Algarve region.
The only relevant context is that this is part of a list of the ecological features of the area.
Aoife Kennedy
United Kingdom
Local time: 21:06
sclerophyte scrub
Explanation:
Although better known for its beaches and tourist centres, the Algarve ... hills of the northern Algarve are covered in mediterranean scrub or matos made up made up of scented rosemary and the gum cistus rock rose, while fig trees, locust trees and dwarf palm trees are found both around the coast and inland
www.walkingworld.com/home/index.asp?id=46&nid=262 - 25k

SCRUB: (1) Inferior growth consisting of small or stunted trees and/or shrubs, generally of unmerchantable species. NOTE: Where the trees are sufficiently numerous, termed scrub forest. (2) Any woody growth of low economic potentiality.
http://www.cnr.vt.edu/for3364/ecolterms.htm
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Rachel Fell
United Kingdom
Local time: 21:06
Grading comment
Thanks, Rachel. I like your suggestion of "scrub", as it seems to be exactly what's in question here. However, I would use "schlerphyllous" instead of "schlerophyte".
Thanks to you all for helping and commenting :)
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Summary of answers provided
5 +4sclerophyte brushes / sclerophyllous forest
Luiza Modesto
5 +2sclerophyllous forests, sclerophyte forests
Henrique Serra
4sclerophytes
rhandler
4sclerophyte scrub
Rachel Fell


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34 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
matos esclerófitos
sclerophyllous forests, sclerophyte forests


Explanation:
The first form is much more common than the second.

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Henrique Serra
United States
Local time: 14:06
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 16

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Henrique Magalhaes
1 hr
  -> thanks!
agree  Muriel Vasconcellos: I did some research on a forestry project and found that the "ous" form is preferred in this kind of word.
6 hrs
  -> thanks!
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37 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
matos esclerófitos
sclerophytes


Explanation:
Check at these illustrated examples:

New Orchid Display Greenhouse - Devonian Botanic Garden
Other desert plants termed sclerophytes survive without storing water; being tough woody ... Sclerophytes are so fibrous as to be unpalatable to animals, ...
www.devonian.ualberta.ca/aridplanths.html

PHOTOSYNTHESIS OF OVERWINTERING EVERGREEN PLANTS - Annual Review ...
In contrast, shaded sclerophytes showed photosynthetic characteristics similar to mesophytes, with a rapidly, reversible, xanthophyll-regulated, ...
http://arjournals.annualreviews.org/doi/pdf/10.1146/annurev....


rhandler
Local time: 17:06
Native speaker of: Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 12
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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
matos esclerófitos
sclerophyte scrub


Explanation:
Although better known for its beaches and tourist centres, the Algarve ... hills of the northern Algarve are covered in mediterranean scrub or matos made up made up of scented rosemary and the gum cistus rock rose, while fig trees, locust trees and dwarf palm trees are found both around the coast and inland
www.walkingworld.com/home/index.asp?id=46&nid=262 - 25k

SCRUB: (1) Inferior growth consisting of small or stunted trees and/or shrubs, generally of unmerchantable species. NOTE: Where the trees are sufficiently numerous, termed scrub forest. (2) Any woody growth of low economic potentiality.
http://www.cnr.vt.edu/for3364/ecolterms.htm

Rachel Fell
United Kingdom
Local time: 21:06
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 16
Grading comment
Thanks, Rachel. I like your suggestion of "scrub", as it seems to be exactly what's in question here. However, I would use "schlerphyllous" instead of "schlerophyte".
Thanks to you all for helping and commenting :)
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31 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +4
matos esclerófitos
sclerophyte brushes / sclerophyllous forest


Explanation:
SCLEROPHYTE: A plant with thick, hard leaves--generally small, evergreen and xerophytic.

SCLEROPHYLLOUS FOREST: Forest characterized by the prevalence of species having leathery, generally small, leaves and developed in a climate with relatively cold/wet and hot/dry seasons.

http://www.cnr.vt.edu/for3364/ecolterms.htm

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Note added at 6 hrs 52 mins (2005-09-07 20:00:00 GMT)
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Luiza Modesto
Brazil
Local time: 17:06
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 12

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Henrique Serra: chegou primeiro, eu ainda estava pesquisando...
4 mins
  -> Obrigada. :) Eu chuto a palavra em inglês e vejo se ela existe. ;)
agree  Claudio Mazotti: vale apelar até p/ os contatos do além...rs
12 mins
  -> rsrs Obrigada. :)
agree  ooooo (X)
13 mins
  -> Obrigada. :)
neutral  Rachel Fell: either bushes or brush, not brushes/Yes, I just meant you can say bushes, or brush, meaning low growing vegetation, but this meaning for brush cannot be made plural/Ok, yes, thanks - it can be made plural in this sense - just!
4 hrs
  -> I understand "sclerophyte" is a type of plant, not a species. Please see the link I just posted above and look for the word "brushes".
agree  Alexandra Gouveia
5 hrs
  -> Obrigada. :)
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