Names for trees

[Dolores]

Please help with translating these names of trees in Spanish to English:

caoba (mahogany), uva de playa (sea grape), higuero, almacigo, avellano criollo, cajuil, caimito, copey, roble, palma (palm)

Flamboyan, gri gri, ceiba, carolina, mara

Cha cha, acacia amarilla, javilla extranjera, laurel, coco, nim, casuarina, melina

[Lesley D]

Higuero= Dolores isn't the name "higuera" which means "Fig tree"

Almacigo = Mastic tree

Avellano =Hazel

Caimito= Star apple

Roble= Oak tree

Palm= palma. But you can have different types of palm trees. For example "Palma de coco" = Coconut palm

Ceiba= "Silk-cotton tree" or "ceiba"

Laurel= Laurel

Coco= coconut. Dolores the name of tree is "cocotero' or "palma de coco"


I while try to find out what some of the others mean.


LDG.

[Chirimoya]

Cajuil is cashew

Flamboyan - flame tree in some places

Acacia amarilla - yellow acacia

Laurel in the DR is ficcus, not laurel as in bay tree

Nim is neem (South Asian tree used as an insect repellent)

[Stodgord]

[quote=Lesley D]Higuero= Dolores isn't the name "higuera" which means "Fig tree"

Almacigo = Mastic tree

Avellano =Hazel

Caimito= Star apple

Roble= Oak tree

Palm= palma. But you can have different types of palm trees. For example "Palma de coco" = Coconut palm

Ceiba= "Silk-cotton tree" or "ceiba"


Lesley,

Higuero in the DR is a tropical tree that bears a non-edible fruit that has a hard shell. Maracas are made from this fruit.

Isn't a fig and "higo" in spanish?

[Lesley D]

Yes, I agree "fig" is "higo" which is the fruit of "higuera".

However what I was asking Dolores is to clarify the meaning of "higuero". Usually the tree is the masculine form of the noun and the fruit of the tree is feminine BUT there are always exceptions.

For example:

"Cerezo" is a cherry tree and the fruit of the tree is "cereza".

I just looked in two reliable dictionaries and "fig tree" is quoted as "higuera"

That's why I am hoping Dolores will clarify because as far as I know "higuera" is the tree.

LDG.

[Lesley D]

I just found a good dictionary definition to confirm what I was saying:


higuera
f. Árbol moráceo, de media altura, de savia de látex amargo, madera blanca y hojas grandes y lobuladas, cuyo fruto es el higo: su higuera da sombra al patio.

source:www.elmundo.es/diccionarios.


LDG.

[Stodgord]

Originally Posted by Lesley D

I just found a good dictionary definition to confirm what I was saying:


higuera
f. Árbol moráceo, de media altura, de savia de látex amargo, madera blanca y hojas grandes y lobuladas, cuyo fruto es el higo: su higuera da sombra al patio.

source:www.elmundo.es/diccionarios.


LDG.

Lesley, I was just thinking that the tree that Dolores is talking about is spelled with the two dots on the "u" to give a sound of gu while the one you are refering to does not have the dots on the "u" and give a sound of ga. Let me know if this is your assumption as well.

[Lesley D]

Stodgord,

I was just curious when I asked Dolores about higuera. I am by no means a tree or plant connoisseur but I can names some common names. The tree I am asking about is higuera= fig tree. The only person who can confirm your query is Dolores however, in the mean time do you know what higuero is in English because it's no where to be found in the many dictionaries I referenced.


LDG.

[apdomini100max]

They are usually name after the fruit like mata de cereza etc etc etc

[MommC]

which is cedar in English.
There is also acer which is maple!

Also I understood roble was walnut (I have some shelves in my kitchen that are roble and it sure looks like walnut to me!) while oak was quercia (sp?)?

Boy was I mistaken!!!





Robalito \Rob`a*li"to\ Roble \Ro"ble\, n. [Sp., oak.]

(Bot.) The California white oak (Quercus lobata).

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)





roble

noun

1: large tree of Trinidad and Guyana having odd-pinnate leaves and violet-scented axillary racemes of yellow flowers and long smooth pods; grown as a specimen in parks and large gardens [syn: Platymiscium trinitatis]
2: tall graceful deciduous California oak having leathery leaves and slender pointed acorns [syn: California white oak, valley oak, valley white oak, Quercus lobata]

Source: WordNet (r) 1.7