Glossary entry

German term or phrase:

geviertelte Blütenschalen

English translation:

quartered flowers

Added to glossary by Tanja Spath-Nagazi
Nov 5, 2003 13:32
20 yrs ago
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German term

geviertelte Blütenschalen

German to English Other Botanik
Stark breitbuschig wachsende Rosensorte mit nostalgisch gefüllten und geviertelten Blütenschalen.
Proposed translations (English)
4 +4 Quartered flowers
3 +1 four-part petals
4 petals

Proposed translations

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Quartered flowers

Nostalgic, I think, because they are reminiscent of the old Bourbon roses, of which many had a flower head apparently divided into four. The blooms also tended to be a lot flatter than the roses of today, and they smelt - well, like the musk-rose does...
Peer comment(s):

agree cologne
8 mins
agree Michele Johnson : Google confirms quartered flowers - that seems to be it.
19 mins
agree Gisela Greenlee : quartered petals
26 mins
agree Ellen Zittinger
4 hrs
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German term (edited): geviertelte Bl�tenschalen

four-part petals

a suggestion (perhaps: quartered flower petals)
Peer comment(s):

agree Monika Leit : I would say quartered
2 mins
danke, Monika
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petals

are Blütenschalen. In some cultures, rose petals are strewn in the path of newly marrieds
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