Glossary entry (derived from question below)
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"
Proposed translations
(English)
3 +5 | cornflower (Centaurea cyanus) | Sheila Hardie |
4 | messicole cornflower | John Speese |
References
plantes messicoles | Rachel Fell |
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
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...
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):
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Alison Sabedoria (X)
: Definitely! More usually "bleuet des moissons" in French.
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Halil Ibrahim Tutuncuoglu "Бёcäטsع Լîfe's cômplicåtعd eñøugh"
: http://www.reelport.com/index.php?id=300&L=en\&movie_id=33233
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Evans (X)
: yes, this variety is usually called the perennial cornflower in English.
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Rachel Fell
: (annual) cornflower - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornflower
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Yvonne Gallagher
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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.
Reference comments
8 hrs
Reference:
plantes messicoles
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plante_messicole
cornfield weeds, maybe
they look nice here:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/gardening/howtogrow/6189598/Poppi...
cornfield weeds, maybe
they look nice here:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/gardening/howtogrow/6189598/Poppi...
Discussion
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plante_messicole