SIMURG
cane
EN
n.
Mature and lignified branch of grapevine. 1
Growing vine-shoots first change color from green to yellow, then become canes in late summer, when they turn brown and woody. Usually, most of the vine-shoots are pruned as they become canes. 2
[…] During the next dormant period select the dominant cane and remove all the other canes at their base. 3
[ˈkeɪn] 4
Perhaps from Fr. canne or L. canna, meaning ‘stick’, ‘reed’. 5
Università degli Studi di Genova, Facoltà di Lingue e Letterature Straniere, Corso di Laurea in Teorie e Tecniche della Mediazione Interlinguistica.
Michael Tedesco rev. Gerbaudo
1 : «http://www.watson.it/Glossario»; (11/05/2011)
2 : «http://www.watson.it/Glossario»; (11/05/2011)
3 : «http://ceeldorado.ucdavis.edu/files/5855.htm»; (11/05/2011)
4 : «http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/cane_1?q=cane»; (11/05/2011)
5 : Walter W. Skeat, The concise dictionary of English etymology, Ware, Wordsworth Editions, 1993, p. 63.