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Gräserartigen

English translation: graminaceae family

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German term or phrase:Gräserartigen
English translation:graminaceae family
Entered by: EHI (X)

20:28 Mar 7, 2010
German to English translations [PRO]
Science - Botany
German term or phrase: Gräserartigen
Die Wildformen der Gräserartigen, zu denen unsere Getreide gehören, verfügen zudem über eine ausgeprägte Keimruhe.
EHI (X)
Local time: 05:26
graminaceae family
Explanation:
Perhaps? Hard to say without any more context.....

See:
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/family Graminaceae:

family Graminaceae - the grasses: chiefly herbaceous but some woody plants including cereals; bamboo; reeds; sugar cane
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Claire Cox
United Kingdom
Local time: 04:26
Grading comment
Thanks, Claire. The context is very specific (genetics) so I'm sure your suggestion is dead on.
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Summary of answers provided
2 +3graminaceae family
Claire Cox
4Graminaceous
Donal Murphy-Bokern
Summary of reference entries provided
Info
Kim Metzger

  

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12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5 peer agreement (net): +3
graminaceae family


Explanation:
Perhaps? Hard to say without any more context.....

See:
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/family Graminaceae:

family Graminaceae - the grasses: chiefly herbaceous but some woody plants including cereals; bamboo; reeds; sugar cane

Claire Cox
United Kingdom
Local time: 04:26
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 44
Grading comment
Thanks, Claire. The context is very specific (genetics) so I'm sure your suggestion is dead on.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  John Speese: I would just say "the grasses", and I think Poaceae is the more modern term, rather than Graminaceae.
3 hrs
agree  British Diana: yes, definitely Graminaceae !
11 hrs
agree  Rolf Keiser
11 hrs
neutral  Tom Feise: as the context seems to be more general, gräserartig would be more grassy or grass-like, someone in Germany reading gräserartig would not understand graminaceous... next question is probably going to be Keimruhe ;-)
13 hrs
  -> You've hit the nail on the head when you say "the context seems to be" - and precisely why I've given my answer a confidence rating of 2. Without any more idea of the target audience, it's hard to say, but this is my interpretation based on available inf
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23 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Graminaceous


Explanation:
This is the common scientific name for grass-like plants.


    Reference: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Graminaceous
Donal Murphy-Bokern
Germany
Local time: 05:26
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thank you Donal.

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Reference comments


11 mins
Reference: Info

Reference information:
Agrostology (from Greek ἄγρωστις, agrōstis, "type of grass"; and -λογία, -logia), sometimes graminology, is the scientific study of grasses. It typically encompasses the true grasses (the family Poaceae), as well as the more grasslike species of the sedge family (Cyperaceae), the rush family (Juncaceae), and the bulrush or cattail family Typhaceae. Grasslike plants are also referred to as graminoids.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agrostology

Kim Metzger
Mexico
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 85
Note to reference poster
Asker: Thank you, Kim.

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