Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Oct 1, 2006 15:05
17 yrs ago
español term
La Lepna
español al inglés
Ciencias
Botánica
From a Venezuelan report.
It's just an item on a list. I get the impression it's an organism, I think a plant, that's growing on the water. Can someone explain?
Many thanks,
It's just an item on a list. I get the impression it's an organism, I think a plant, that's growing on the water. Can someone explain?
Many thanks,
Proposed translations
(inglés)
| 4 +1 | duckweed |
David Russi
|
| 2 | algae |
David Brown
|
Proposed translations
+1
18 minutos
David Russi
Estados Unidos
Estados Unidos
Native in español
&
inglés
Estados Unidos
30+ years, stopped counting...
Native in: inglés 
, español
Works in: inglés al español, español al inglés
Related KudoZ points
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12
Selected
duckweed
maybe
EO Newsroom: New Images - Duckweed Invasion in Lake Maracaibo
Green swirls of duckweed dominate the center of Venezuela’s Lake Maracaibo in this Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) image acquired by ...
earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=16605 - 10k - Cached - Similar pages
EO Natural Hazards: Duckweed on Lake Maracaibo
Duckweed on Lake Maracaibo Image. Caption explains image. ... Traces of duckweed still form green swirls atop Lake Maracaibo in northern Venezuela. ...
earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/natural_hazards_v2.php3?img_id=12404 - 11k - Cached - Similar pages
[ More results from earthobservatory.nasa.gov ]
Lake Maracaibo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
As of June 18, 2004, a large portion (18%) of the surface of Lake Maracaibo is covered by duckweed. Although efforts to remove the plant have been underway ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Maracaibo - 29k - Cached - Similar pages
Visible Earth: Duckweed in Lake Maracaibo, Venezuela
NASA's Visible Earth catalog of NASA images and animations of our home planet.
visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=6907 - 13k - Cached - Similar pages
Duckweeds in the Maracaibo Lake [Alia2]
This is the current method in use to remove duckweed from the Maracaibo basin . Up until now 90000 tons have been removed in this manner ; however , it has ...
www.alia2.net/article121458.html - 28k - Supplemental Result - Cached - Similar pages
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Note added at 19 mins (2006-10-01 15:24:58 GMT)
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BTW, Spanish is "lemna"
EO Newsroom: New Images - Duckweed Invasion in Lake Maracaibo
Green swirls of duckweed dominate the center of Venezuela’s Lake Maracaibo in this Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) image acquired by ...
earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=16605 - 10k - Cached - Similar pages
EO Natural Hazards: Duckweed on Lake Maracaibo
Duckweed on Lake Maracaibo Image. Caption explains image. ... Traces of duckweed still form green swirls atop Lake Maracaibo in northern Venezuela. ...
earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/natural_hazards_v2.php3?img_id=12404 - 11k - Cached - Similar pages
[ More results from earthobservatory.nasa.gov ]
Lake Maracaibo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
As of June 18, 2004, a large portion (18%) of the surface of Lake Maracaibo is covered by duckweed. Although efforts to remove the plant have been underway ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Maracaibo - 29k - Cached - Similar pages
Visible Earth: Duckweed in Lake Maracaibo, Venezuela
NASA's Visible Earth catalog of NASA images and animations of our home planet.
visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=6907 - 13k - Cached - Similar pages
Duckweeds in the Maracaibo Lake [Alia2]
This is the current method in use to remove duckweed from the Maracaibo basin . Up until now 90000 tons have been removed in this manner ; however , it has ...
www.alia2.net/article121458.html - 28k - Supplemental Result - Cached - Similar pages
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Note added at 19 mins (2006-10-01 15:24:58 GMT)
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BTW, Spanish is "lemna"
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Lemna it is, and I never would have caught the misspelliing. Thanks."
14 minutos
algae
as there is no context
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Note added at 15 mins (2006-10-01 15:20:50 GMT)
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...or duckweed
Photo: Satellite image of duckweed in Lake Maracaibo Scientists puzzled by ... Duckweed blocks out sunlight and prevents algae from producing oxygen in the ...
www.diversitas-international.org/home_article2.html - 10k
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Note added at 15 mins (2006-10-01 15:20:50 GMT)
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...or duckweed
Photo: Satellite image of duckweed in Lake Maracaibo Scientists puzzled by ... Duckweed blocks out sunlight and prevents algae from producing oxygen in the ...
www.diversitas-international.org/home_article2.html - 10k
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