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07:26 Jul 8, 2014 |
Spanish to English translations [PRO] Science - Botany / Plants | |||||||
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4 +1 | the leaves and pruned branches of the plant |
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4 | Browse (leaves and twigs) |
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the leaves and pruned branches of the plant Explanation: Both the RAE definitions really refer to branches. "Ramojo" means branches and twigs cut from a tree. It's true that when they're used as cattle fodder (as in definition 1) the cattle will be eating the leaves on them, not the wood, but they're still basically branches. So "ramón" means a branch or branches cut from a tree. The situation described in definition 1, where branches are actually cut from a tree to be used as fodder, is surely exceptional. Certainly you find references to "ramón" being used as fodder, such as here for instance: http://www.fao.org/docrep/004/X6545S/X6545S03.htm but they are normally cut from the tree in the process of pruning. So I think they can be called "pruned branches". I wouldn't put just "branches", because that could refer to branches that are still on the tree, and the precise sense of "ramón" would be lost. In this dictionary, in line with the DRAE, ramón is translated as "foliage used as cattle fodder" or "pruned branches". http://books.google.es/books?id=y4tvAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA440&lpg=PA... I don't think "foliage" makes much sense in this context because "leaves and foliage" would be saying the same thing twice. "Hojas" and "ramón" are presumably different things, so the "ramón" presumably refers to the wood of the branches. |
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Browse (leaves and twigs) Explanation: The Webster's dictionary defines browse as: 1 leaves, twigs, and young shoots of trees or shrubs, which animals feed on 2 the act of browsing ("Ramoneo" in Spanish) Browsing by terrestrial animals is the act of feeding directly from trees or srhubs, unlike grazing (pastoreo), which is the act of feeding on grasses. Ramoneo and pastoreo (browsing and grazing) and browsers and grazers are the animals that display those feeding modes. I would say that browsers feed on leaves and twigs (ramitas) Reference: http://www.webpages.uidaho.edu/range456/readings/shipley.pdf Reference: http://termportal.fao.org/faoterm/main/start.do |
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