Feb 22, 2020 09:16
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English term
malherbología
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Science
Agriculture
Plant health
SPAIN. This word seems to be taken from French, and appears as "malherbology" in a few online references, most of which appear to be machine translations in works by non-English native speaking authors. It would be nice if we could just stick "-ology" onto "weed" and get "weedology", but a quick online search shows that the marijuana industry has cornered that particular coinage for itself.
"investigaciones sobre malherbología en España"...
"investigaciones sobre malherbología en España"...
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Vittorio Ferretti
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Works in: English to German, Italian to German, Spanish to German, and 1 more.
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weed science
mala hierba = weed
for the English word see link
for the English word see link
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| I may just use this in the end... cheers :-) |
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Comment: "In the end I used "weed science research trends in Spain".Thanks to everyone for the suggestions and comments."
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The science of weeds and their control
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/malherbologie
I think mal- means bad or evil, so malherbología means the science of bad weeds/grasses.
I think mal- means bad or evil, so malherbología means the science of bad weeds/grasses.
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Herbology
Looks as if you might get by with herbology, without the "mal"
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Herbology
Not only yield loss and a lack of quality can be caused by weeds but they may also affect the function of certain areas, for example traffic safety on pavements or railroads. On the other hand, weeds are a contribution to our biodiversity. Therefore our experts in weed research focus on weeds and wild field herbs from a biologic and ecologic point of view as well as on the management of invasive species.
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It would appear that the international " jury is out
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/0434554690941534...
It seems to have been more or less universally accepted until Harry Potter came along.
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Note added at 1 day 1 hr (2020-02-23 10:52:44 GMT)
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https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/496031
Anyone looking for a job in herbology?
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Herbology
Not only yield loss and a lack of quality can be caused by weeds but they may also affect the function of certain areas, for example traffic safety on pavements or railroads. On the other hand, weeds are a contribution to our biodiversity. Therefore our experts in weed research focus on weeds and wild field herbs from a biologic and ecologic point of view as well as on the management of invasive species.
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Note added at 3 hrs (2020-02-22 13:08:34 GMT)
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It would appear that the international " jury is out
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/0434554690941534...
It seems to have been more or less universally accepted until Harry Potter came along.
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Note added at 1 day 1 hr (2020-02-23 10:52:44 GMT)
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https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/496031
Anyone looking for a job in herbology?
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B D Finch
: This seems to also cover plants that aren't considered weeds: https://artsandculture.google.com/exhibit/herbology-the-brit...
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