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avens

Portuguese translation: cravoila / erva-benta / cariofilada

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English term or phrase:aven
Portuguese translation:cravoila / erva-benta / cariofilada
Entered by: Mariana Moreira

10:57 Jun 7, 2005
English to Portuguese translations [PRO]
Botany / Flowers
English term or phrase: avens
"Loose rock scree dotted with growths of avens and horseshoe vetch seemed to spread all over the area."

mountain avens
n.
A creeping evergreen plant (Dryas octopetala) in the rose family, widely distributed in northern portions of Eurasia and North America and having flowers with white petals and feathery styles.
OdeteGuimarães
Portugal
Local time: 20:59
cravoila
Explanation:
planta também conhecida por erva-benta ou sanamunda:)
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Mariana Moreira
Portugal
Local time: 20:59
Grading comment
Obrigada a todos pela ajuda! Só de salientar que encontrei também, como sinónimo de cravoila e erva-benta a palavra cariofilada (BOTÂNICA planta herbácea da família das Rosáceas, espontânea em Portugal, também conhecida por erva-benta)- [Dic. Porto Ed.]
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5 +2cravoila
Mariana Moreira
4ervabentas
Adriana Portas


  

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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
cravoila


Explanation:
planta também conhecida por erva-benta ou sanamunda:)

Mariana Moreira
Portugal
Local time: 20:59
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 16
Grading comment
Obrigada a todos pela ajuda! Só de salientar que encontrei também, como sinónimo de cravoila e erva-benta a palavra cariofilada (BOTÂNICA planta herbácea da família das Rosáceas, espontânea em Portugal, também conhecida por erva-benta)- [Dic. Porto Ed.]

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Sonia Heidemann
27 mins
  -> Obrigada, Sónia
agree  Carlos Angelo
54 mins
  -> Obrigada, Carlos
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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
ervabentas


Explanation:
:o)

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Note added at 6 mins (2005-06-07 11:03:29 GMT)
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na verdade, avens compõe o nome de várias plantas. A diferença está na palavra que acompanha \"avens\". Como não temos nada mais...

Adriana Portas
Brazil
Local time: 16:59
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
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