aceite de maria

English translation: calaba oil

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Spanish term or phrase:aceite de maria
English translation:calaba oil
Entered by: translation300

15:13 Mar 5, 2010
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Food & Drink
Spanish term or phrase: aceite de maria
In a list of products used in the Spanish colonial period in Latin America. no more context.
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translation300
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calaba oil
Explanation:
Aceite de María o bálsamo de maría
Calambuco

http://books.google.cl/books?id=y1ZuAAAAIAAJ&pg=RA1-PA580&lp...

1. [Amér. Bot.] bálsamo de María [o bálsamo de calaba, resina de calaba o calambuco].
http://www.diccionariosdigitales.net/GLOSARIOS y VOCABULARIO...
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traductorchile
Chile
Local time: 16:05
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5 +2calaba oil
traductorchile
4 +1marijuana oil
Caitriona82
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Isamar

  

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marijuana oil


Explanation:
maria = marijuana

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http://www.cannarias.com/foros/showthread.php?t=446

http://www.420magazine.com/forums/420-kitchen/78868-marijuan...

Caitriona82
Spain
Local time: 22:05
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in IrishIrish

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agree  John Marais: Far out
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calaba oil


Explanation:
Aceite de María o bálsamo de maría
Calambuco

http://books.google.cl/books?id=y1ZuAAAAIAAJ&pg=RA1-PA580&lp...

1. [Amér. Bot.] bálsamo de María [o bálsamo de calaba, resina de calaba o calambuco].
http://www.diccionariosdigitales.net/GLOSARIOS y VOCABULARIO...


traductorchile
Chile
Local time: 16:05
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agree  Rick Larg: "lamp oil is extracted from the seeds". http://www.na.fs.fed.us/pubs/silvics_manual/volume_2/calophy...
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agree  Richard Boulter
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Reference comments


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Reference

Reference information:
http://www.unalmed.edu.co/~lpforest/PDF/Aceite maria.pdf
http://bodd.cf.ac.uk/BotDermFolder/GUTT.html
Take a look at these and see if you think it might be this rather than marijuana oil which may not have been used back then.

Isamar
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