Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

bleuet messicole

English translation:

cornflower (Centaurea cyanus)

Added to glossary by Sheila Hardie
Mar 30, 2011 14:44
13 yrs ago
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French term

bleuet messicole

French to English Science Botany
"Bleuet messicole"
Change log

Mar 30, 2011 14:46: Stéphanie Soudais changed "Term asked" from "Messicole" to "bleuet messicole" , "Field (specific)" from "Agriculture" to "Botany"

Apr 13, 2011 04:28: Sheila Hardie Created KOG entry

Discussion

Colin Rowe Mar 30, 2011:
Not a translation... ... but an explanation:

http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plante_messicole

Proposed translations

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cornflower (Centaurea cyanus)

I think this is it (i.e. bleuet / bleuet des prés).

HTH


Sheila


World Economic Plants: A Standard Reference - Resultat de Google Llibres
John Harry Wiersema, Blanca León - 1999 - Gardening - 749 pàgines
Centaurea cyanus L. Cn: bachelor's-button; blue bottle; cornflower; bleuet (Fr.) ; centaur^e bleuet (Fr.) Econ: Environ, (ornamental); ...
books.google.es/books?isbn=0849321190...
Peer comment(s):

agree Alison Sabedoria (X) : Definitely! More usually "bleuet des moissons" in French.
2 mins
agree Halil Ibrahim Tutuncuoglu "Бёcäטsع Լîfe's cômplicåtعd eñøugh" : http://www.reelport.com/index.php?id=300&L=en\&movie_id=33233
6 mins
agree Evans (X) : yes, this variety is usually called the perennial cornflower in English.
7 mins
agree Rachel Fell : (annual) cornflower - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornflower
8 hrs
agree Yvonne Gallagher
8 hrs
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messicole cornflower

There doesn't seem to be an exact equivalent term in English, but here is the wikipedia site defining the term and an EN language website where the term is used as is. I'd add a note (summer-blooming wildflowers growing in grain fields). In US agriculture anyway, such plants would simply be called "weeds". The bleuet (Centaurea cyanus) is known as the cornflower or, in the US at least, bachelor's button.
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Reference:

plantes messicoles

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