Naka Talking Dictionary

Your search for * in family Poaceae has returned 11 entries

bambu

Bambusa vulgaris

kind of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #4940)

Example: via C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium

Scientific name: Bambusa vulgaris,
Speaker: Kew Kating

mania

kind of white grass

Scientific name: Imperata cylindrica,
Speaker: Kew Kating

mɨsta wil

kind of plant

Scientific name: Paspalum conjugatum,
Speaker: Kew Kating

nəlkosɨk

Eleusine indica

kind of plant (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3169)

Example: via C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium

Scientific name: Eleusine indica,
Speaker: Kew Kating

nətɨp

kind of plant

Scientific name: Saccharum edule (navesa),
Speaker: Kew Kating

nətɨp piən

kind of plant

Scientific name: Cymbopogon citratus,
Speaker: Kew Kating

nəu nau

kind of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #4935)

Scientific name: Chrysopogon aciculatus,
Speaker: Kew Kating

nil gras

Cenchrus echinatus

kind of plant, (Bislama, but this Bislama term is typically used for Mimosa pudica, which is not a grass)

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Scientific name: Cenchrus echinatus,
Speaker: Kew Kating

nokon

kind of plant

Scientific name: Zea mays,
Speaker: Kew Kating

nowatɨpiahal

noun kind of plant

Example: via C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium

Scientific name: Coix lacryma-jobi,
Speaker: Naomie Ken Matai

nuiǥ

Miscanthus sinensis

wild cane (collection: Michael J. Balick #4885)

Example: via C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium

Scientific name: Miscanthus sinensis,
Speaker: Kew Kating

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Naka Talking Dictionary produced by Naomie Ken Matai, Kating Matai, Kating Kew Matai, Ken Bob, Gregory M. Plunkett, K. David Harrison, and Jeremy Fahringer.
Botanical consultants Michael J. Balick, Calvin Heiman, and Neal Kelso. (2020)
Naka language contributors are credited within the dictionary entries.
The Naka-English Talking Dictionary was made possible by award no. 1555675 from National Science Foundation for “Collaborative Research: Plant, Fungal and Linguistic Diversity of Tafea Province, Vanuatu.” This support is gratefully acknowledged.
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