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Feb 6, 2008 12:19
16 yrs ago
Italian term

buca di convoglio

Italian to English Tech/Engineering Botany
Here's the context: "Le buche di convoglio, al piede di ogni pianta, dovranno essere riformate in primavera, e mantenute sempre scerbate e dissodate mediante sarchiatura." Help!
Proposed translations (English)
3 +1 drainage/irrigation ditches

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drainage/irrigation ditches

depending on whether material (rain water etc.) is being conveyed to the plants or away from the plants.
I.e. the drainage/irrigation ditches/furrows must be dug each spring and kept free from weeds.

E.g.
"The effectiveness of drainage ditches and irrigation channels can. be reduced through siltation caused by blockage of water flow by Limnocharis leaves and ..."
Peer comment(s):

agree Rachel Fell : drainage channels? Wonder what sort of plants are concenred...
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