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Spanish term or phrase:
cayucos e higüeros
English translation:
lady of the night cacti (cactuses) and calabash trees
Jul 26, 2008 15:20
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Spanish term
cayucos e higüeros
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trees
alguien conoces la traduccion de estos arboles al ingles?
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Mary Tomasso
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lady of the night cacti (cactuses) and calabash trees
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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dug-outs (canoes) and gourds
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=
http://www.google.es/search?hl=es&q=cayuco "dug-out"&meta=
http://www.google.es/search?hl=es&q=+higüeros gourds&meta=
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Charlotte Fairweather
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cactus and calabash trees
more references, it seems to me that cayucos would be cacti in general, unless specified in the context
Reference:
http://sabanabuey.com/NuestroModoDeHablar.aspx
http://www.dominicanaonline.org/Portal/espanol/cpo_flora_esp.asp
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Kate Major Patience
: This is too similar to Rick's answer, in my opinion, to be a separate answer, don't you think?
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Cactus (Cereus jamacaru f.monstruosus) and calabash tree
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!
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:
Discussion
http://www.taino-tribe.org/tsdict.html
Cayuco es una canoa. En Santo Domingo, el Museo del Hombre Dominicano ofrece abundante información de la lengua y la cultura de los Taínos, nuestros ancestros en las Antillas Mayores. En la red hay un diccionario preparado en los EEUU
Gracias,
Patricia