thistledown

Portuguese translation: Pappus/papilho sedoso de fruto (aquênio) de cardo

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English term or phrase:thistledown
Portuguese translation:Pappus/papilho sedoso de fruto (aquênio) de cardo
Entered by: Christina Paiva

01:46 Jul 2, 2010
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Science - Botany
English term or phrase: thistledown
The soft feathery material which protects the fruiting part of a thistle.

Fonte: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thistledown
Alexandre Reis
Brazil
Local time: 21:59
Pappus/papilho sedoso de fruto (aquênio) de cardo
Explanation:
Pappus (ou papilho) sedoso de fruto (aquênio) de cardo

1. Random House

Thistle any of various prickly, composite plants having showy, purple flower heads, esp. of the genera Cirsium, Carduus, or Onopordum.

thistledown: the mature, silky pappus of a thistle.

Pappus - a downy, bristly, or other **tuftlike appendage of the achene** of certain plants, as the dandelion and the thistle.

2. Houaiss (2009)

Cardo - design. comum às plantas do gên. Carduus, (cardo-comum), da fam. das compostas nativas da Europa, da Ásia, do Mediterrâneo e das regiões montanhosas do Leste da África, e muito semelhantes às plantas do gên. Cirsium (cardo-do-campo, cardo-costela)

Pappus cálice acrescente, e freq. persistente, do fruto das compostas, modificado em pelos simples ou plumosos, cerdas, escamas ou coroa membranosa que auxiliam no deslocamento pelo vento; papilho


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Christina Paiva
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Local time: 21:59
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Summary of answers provided
5 +1aquenios
Alexandre Alcântara
4franjas na base do cardo
Marlene Curtis
4Pappus/papilho sedoso de fruto (aquênio) de cardo
Christina Paiva


  

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46 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
aquenios


Explanation:
Lanuagem das sementes(aquenios) do cardo. desculpe a falta de acento

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o termo seria lanuagem segundo Vallandro

Alexandre Alcântara
Brazil
Local time: 21:59
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese

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franjas na base do cardo


Explanation:
thistle = cardo

thistledown
s. franjas na base do cardo

http://definicion.dictionarist.com/thistledown

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thistledown
s. franjas na base do cardo
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Marlene Curtis
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Pappus/papilho sedoso de fruto (aquênio) de cardo


Explanation:
Pappus (ou papilho) sedoso de fruto (aquênio) de cardo

1. Random House

Thistle any of various prickly, composite plants having showy, purple flower heads, esp. of the genera Cirsium, Carduus, or Onopordum.

thistledown: the mature, silky pappus of a thistle.

Pappus - a downy, bristly, or other **tuftlike appendage of the achene** of certain plants, as the dandelion and the thistle.

2. Houaiss (2009)

Cardo - design. comum às plantas do gên. Carduus, (cardo-comum), da fam. das compostas nativas da Europa, da Ásia, do Mediterrâneo e das regiões montanhosas do Leste da África, e muito semelhantes às plantas do gên. Cirsium (cardo-do-campo, cardo-costela)

Pappus cálice acrescente, e freq. persistente, do fruto das compostas, modificado em pelos simples ou plumosos, cerdas, escamas ou coroa membranosa que auxiliam no deslocamento pelo vento; papilho


HTH!

Christina Paiva
Brazil
Local time: 21:59
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 20
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