Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Italian term or phrase:
(rosso) corbezzolo
English translation:
(red) Arbutus unedo - Strawberry tree
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Rachel Fell
Jul 19, 2007 15:00
16 yrs ago
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Italian term
rosso corbezzolo
Italian to English
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A plant typical in the area of the Cinque Terre in northern Italy, apparently producing scents you can smell as you walk along the paths. Finding other "corbezzoli" translated as "bearberries" I guessed at "red bearberry", which exists, but apparently in Asia and North America. Anyone know?
"Le grandiose falesie e le bancate di arenaria accolgono il visitatore dal mare; le macchie di pini e di castagni celano i sentieri, odorosi di thymus e di spartium junceum – la solare ginestra -, di *** rossi corbezzoli *** e di erica arborea."
Thanks for your help.
"Le grandiose falesie e le bancate di arenaria accolgono il visitatore dal mare; le macchie di pini e di castagni celano i sentieri, odorosi di thymus e di spartium junceum – la solare ginestra -, di *** rossi corbezzoli *** e di erica arborea."
Thanks for your help.
Proposed translations
(English)
4 +3 | Arbutus unedo - Strawberry tree | Rachel Fell |
4 | strawberry red | Ingrid Frick Loli |
Change log
Jul 23, 2007 15:49: Rachel Fell changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/64946">BristolTEc's</a> old entry - "rosso corbezzolo"" to ""Arbutus unedo - Strawberry tree""
Jul 23, 2007 15:50: Rachel Fell changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/100794">Rachel Fell's</a> old entry - "rosso corbezzolo"" to ""Arbutus unedo - Strawberry tree""
Proposed translations
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Arbutus unedo - Strawberry tree
Strawberry tree in English, though I might put the Latin name in too in brackets to avoid confusion/clarify - red strawberry trees (from the colour of the fruits?)
http://www.montelinas.it/florasarda/120-corbezzolo.htm
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Note added at 4 days (2007-07-23 15:51:47 GMT) Post-grading
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bearberries exist in U.K. too, but are different :
http://www.plant-identification.co.uk/skye/ericaceae/arctost...
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strawberry red
corbezzolo is a strawberry tree typical of the Maremma region and other regions around Italy so I deduct that rosso corbezzolo means strawberry red or the color of strawberries.
I have translated several guidebooks carrying these "corbezzoli" and have always translated the word this way.
I have translated several guidebooks carrying these "corbezzoli" and have always translated the word this way.
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