[lojban] Re: eucalyptus

[Pierre Abbat <phma@phma.hn.org>]

On Saturday 05 June 2004 15:04, Robin Lee Powell wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 05, 2004 at 02:55:25PM -0400, Pierre Abbat wrote:
> > Is {mapxrula} okay for "eucalyptus", or should it be {maprultricu}?
>
> I have no idea what 'cap' is doing there, but I'd prefer the latter.  It
> *is* a tree, is it not?

The flower petals come off as a cap instead of opening outward. That's why 
it's called "eucalyptus" (well-covered).

phma
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