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May 10, 2013 15:19
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Italian term
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foglie crassulente
Italian to English
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Caratteristica di un particolare tipo di pianta che cresce in zone sabbiose:
"Le piante delle spiagge e dune, dette psammofile, ossia amanti della sabbia, presentano particolari adattamenti.
Hanno foglie coriacee per sopportare l’abrasione della sabbia spinta dal vento, peli fogliari per proteggersi dall’evaporazione durante le assolate estati, lunghi apparati radicali e foglie crassulente per raccogliere e accumulare l’acqua, che nella sabbia scompare rapidamente."
"Le piante delle spiagge e dune, dette psammofile, ossia amanti della sabbia, presentano particolari adattamenti.
Hanno foglie coriacee per sopportare l’abrasione della sabbia spinta dal vento, peli fogliari per proteggersi dall’evaporazione durante le assolate estati, lunghi apparati radicali e foglie crassulente per raccogliere e accumulare l’acqua, che nella sabbia scompare rapidamente."
Proposed translations
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| 4 +4 | fleshy leaves |
philgoddard
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| 5 -1 | crassulent leaves |
andre2013
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| 3 | succulent leaves |
Wendy Streitparth
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| 3 | crassulacean leaves |
Shera Lyn Parpia
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May 24, 2013 04:34: philgoddard Created KOG entry
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fleshy leaves
I'm not convinced that "crassulent" is a real word, even among botanists. We don't know who this text is written for, but the word will mean nothing to general readers The small number of hits I've found have been either for an obscure, obsolete word meaning fat or obese, or translations from other languages like andre2013's reference.
Leaves that are swollen to retain water in dry ecosystems are described as fleshy, and that's what I suggest. As my reference shows, you can also say "fat" or "thickened".
Leaves that are swollen to retain water in dry ecosystems are described as fleshy, and that's what I suggest. As my reference shows, you can also say "fat" or "thickened".
Example sentence:
succulent plants, also known as succulents or sometimes fat plants, are plants having some parts that are more than normally thickened and fleshy, usually to retain water in arid climates or soil conditions.
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crassulent leaves
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Anthony Green
: André, a document which says "Cagliari is settled right where the flatland Campidano ends in front of the Mediterranean sea. " is not a very reliable source of the Queen's English
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Wendy Streitparth
: I guess you mean crassulate.
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succulent leaves
Succulent Leaves and Protective Spines of Shaw's Century Plant, Agave Shawii, California, USA
http://www.allposters.co.uk/-sp/Succulent-Leaves-and-Protect...
Close up of the succulent leaves of a Kalanchoe plant.
http://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/photo/close-up-of-the-su...
http://www.allposters.co.uk/-sp/Succulent-Leaves-and-Protect...
Close up of the succulent leaves of a Kalanchoe plant.
http://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/photo/close-up-of-the-su...
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crassulacean leaves
Just for completeness' sake.
I'm not sure whether this word has been used loosely in your text, in which case fleshy leaves would be fine. I wonder why the wording in the origiinal was not more informal if they simply meant fleshy leaves.
However crassulacean has another meaning as explained here. It is not the same as succulents.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crassulacean_acid_metabolism
this explains:
In a plant using full CAM, the stomata in the leaves remain shut during the day to reduce evapotranspiration, but open at night to collect carbon dioxide (CO2). The CO2 is stored as the four-carbon acid malate, and then used during photosynthesis during the day. The pre-collected CO2 is concentrated around the enzyme RuBisCO, increasing photosynthetic efficiency.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC541023/
Crassulacean Acid Metabolism (CAM): CO2 and Water Economy ...
link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-3-642-66429-8_19
by M Kluge - 1976 - Cited by 17 - Related articles
CrossRef; Bradbeer, J. W., Ranson, S. L., Stiller, M. C.: Malate synthesis in Crassulacean leaves. I. The distribution of C 14 in malate of leaves exposed to C ...
Crassulacean acid metabolism photosynthesis - The University of ...
research.eeescience.utoledo.edu/lees/.../Black_2003_PhotosynRes.pdf
by CC Black - 2003 - Cited by 50 - Related articles
in Crassulacean leaves. I. The distribution of 14C in malate of leaves exposed in 14CO2 in the dark. Plant Physiol 33: 66–70. Burris RH and Black CC (eds) ...
Crassulacean plants's stomata are always closed during the day ...
answers.yahoo.com › All Categories › Science & Mathematics › Botany
Oct 3, 2011 – CAM (Crassulacean Acid Metabolism) plants generally won't have their stomata open during the day. There is a species (Isoetes howellii) that is ...
Maintenance Carbon Cycle in Crassulacean Acid Metabolism Plant ...
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov › Journal List › Plant Physiol › v.77(1); Jan 1985
by WH Kenyon - 1985 - Cited by 37 - Related articles
Maintenance Carbon Cycle in Crassulacean Acid Metabolism Plant Leaves 1. Source and Compartmentation of Carbon for Nocturnal Malate Synthesis ...
I'm not sure whether this word has been used loosely in your text, in which case fleshy leaves would be fine. I wonder why the wording in the origiinal was not more informal if they simply meant fleshy leaves.
However crassulacean has another meaning as explained here. It is not the same as succulents.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crassulacean_acid_metabolism
this explains:
In a plant using full CAM, the stomata in the leaves remain shut during the day to reduce evapotranspiration, but open at night to collect carbon dioxide (CO2). The CO2 is stored as the four-carbon acid malate, and then used during photosynthesis during the day. The pre-collected CO2 is concentrated around the enzyme RuBisCO, increasing photosynthetic efficiency.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC541023/
Crassulacean Acid Metabolism (CAM): CO2 and Water Economy ...
link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-3-642-66429-8_19
by M Kluge - 1976 - Cited by 17 - Related articles
CrossRef; Bradbeer, J. W., Ranson, S. L., Stiller, M. C.: Malate synthesis in Crassulacean leaves. I. The distribution of C 14 in malate of leaves exposed to C ...
Crassulacean acid metabolism photosynthesis - The University of ...
research.eeescience.utoledo.edu/lees/.../Black_2003_PhotosynRes.pdf
by CC Black - 2003 - Cited by 50 - Related articles
in Crassulacean leaves. I. The distribution of 14C in malate of leaves exposed in 14CO2 in the dark. Plant Physiol 33: 66–70. Burris RH and Black CC (eds) ...
Crassulacean plants's stomata are always closed during the day ...
answers.yahoo.com › All Categories › Science & Mathematics › Botany
Oct 3, 2011 – CAM (Crassulacean Acid Metabolism) plants generally won't have their stomata open during the day. There is a species (Isoetes howellii) that is ...
Maintenance Carbon Cycle in Crassulacean Acid Metabolism Plant ...
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov › Journal List › Plant Physiol › v.77(1); Jan 1985
by WH Kenyon - 1985 - Cited by 37 - Related articles
Maintenance Carbon Cycle in Crassulacean Acid Metabolism Plant Leaves 1. Source and Compartmentation of Carbon for Nocturnal Malate Synthesis ...
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