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Glossary entry

Portuguese term or phrase:

feral

English translation:

feral

Added to glossary by Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun
May 14, 2012 13:11
11 yrs ago
Portuguese term

feral

Portuguese to English Other Botany
As espécies ocorrem como plantas cultivadas, fundo de quintal, feral e selvagem
Proposed translations (English)
5 +2 feral
4 wild
4 escape
References
feral
Change log

May 28, 2012 06:35: Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun Created KOG entry

Discussion

NataliaAnne May 15, 2012:
Gilla I know the feeling; I’ve definitely been surprised more than a couple of times by how English terms are used in other countries and/or contexts! You did raise an interesting point, though, which is that the asker could have helped out by giving us the text type and target audience, including country.

Hope to have another friendly discussion again sometime. :-)
Evans (X) May 15, 2012:
@ Natalia OK OK I submit. You have proved that it is used academically. And Andre's text may well be academic. I still think gardeners or lay people in the UK would not use it in relation to plants. But I will bow my head and retreat... :-)
NataliaAnne May 15, 2012:
Ran out of space – my comment continues here …and also a lot of publicity around this, which may be why there are more results than for the UK. The texts on Europe seem to be focused on GM concerns. However, having said all this, I think I have comfortably shown that ‘feral’ is the best word to use in this context.

Happy translating!
NataliaAnne May 15, 2012:
Gilla I put "feral plants" + Europe into Google and top results included:

European Commission:
“The study across five sites in Denmark, Germany, France and the UK over 16 years in
total found that feral seed contributed to less than 0.0001 per cent of the seed in oilseed rape crops in each region.”
http://ec.europa.eu/environment/integration/research/newsale...

A journal article titled ‘Stochastic modelling of feral plant populations with seed immigration and road verge management’
http://www.normalesup.org/~agarnier/Garnieretal_EM_2006.pdf

SIGMEA:
“Pollen-borne genetic impurities can arrive from another crop and from volunteers, ferals and wild relatives.”
http://www.inra.fr/sigmea/outcomes/2_gene_flow_informs_coexi...

Note also that Wikipedia, which is general and not a specifically Australian site, states:
“A feral organism is one that has changed from being domesticated to being wild or untamed. In the case of plants it is a movement from cultivated to uncultivated or controlled to volunteer.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feral

But, to return to your point about Australia, we do have a lot of problems with both feral plants and animals...

Proposed translations

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Selected

feral

feral
2 que fugiu da domesticidade e voltou à vida selvagem

feral
Existing in a wild or untamed state.
Having returned to an untamed state from domestication.
Of or suggestive of a wild animal; savage: a feral grin.
Peer comment(s):
agree Ana Escaleir (X) : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feral
4 hrs
Obrigado!
agree NataliaAnne
22 hrs
Obrigado pelo agree e pelo comentário.
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wild

wild
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escape

I think this refers to escapes:

dictionary definition (Collins)
"a plant that was originally cultivated but is now growing wild."

I think 'feral' is used only of animals.

I don't think there is an adjective that you can use here, so the plants would have to be referred to as 'escapes' in noun form.

Peer comment(s):
neutral NataliaAnne : ‘Feral’ refers to something that has escaped, including plants. See reference below. Australia, for example, is full of feral plants including lantana, blackberry, wandering jew and many others.
21 hrs
This is interesting, Natalia. If you google 'feral plants' all the websites that come up refer to Australia. I have never come across the term used in the UK for plants, and my dictionaries do not include it. So I suspect it is specific Australian usage.
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Reference comments

22 hrs
Reference:

feral

Of course plants can be feral as well as animals. E.g. “The region has been influenced by feral plant and animal species.”

http://www.alicesprings.nt.gov.au/alice-springs/region


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Note added at 23 hrs (2012-05-15 13:09:23 GMT)
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European Commission:
“The study across five sites in Denmark, Germany, France and the UK over 16 years in
total found that feral seed contributed to less than 0.0001 per cent of the seed in oilseed rape crops in each region.”
http://ec.europa.eu/environment/integration/research/newsale...

A journal article titled ‘Stochastic modelling of feral plant populations with seed immigration and road verge management’
http://www.normalesup.org/~agarnier/Garnieretal_EM_2006.pdf

SIGMEA:
“Pollen-borne genetic impurities can arrive from another crop and from volunteers, ferals and wild relatives.”
http://www.inra.fr/sigmea/outcomes/2_gene_flow_informs_coexi...

Wikipedia:
“A feral organism is one that has changed from being domesticated to being wild or untamed. In the case of plants it is a movement from cultivated to uncultivated or controlled to volunteer.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feral
Peer comments on this reference comment:
agree Rachel Fell : feral sounds odd to me for plants - from the Wiki p.: Domesticated plants that revert to wild are usually referred to as escaped, introduced or naturalized rather than feral
59 days
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