mounding plant

Italian translation: a cespuglio/cespugliosa

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English term or phrase:mounding plant
Italian translation:a cespuglio/cespugliosa
Entered by: Maria Rosaria Contestabile

11:02 Jan 13, 2008
English to Italian translations [PRO]
Science - Botany / giardinaggio
English term or phrase: mounding plant
Sto traducendo una guida per il giardinaggio e nella descrizione di una pianta (campanula poscharskyana) trovo la seguente descrizione:
a low, mounding plant, 10-20 centimetres high, with blue flowers
Maria Rosaria Contestabile
Local time: 15:30
a cespuglio/cespugliosa
Explanation:
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Laura Crocè
Italy
Local time: 15:30
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Summary of answers provided
4a cespuglio/cespugliosa
Laura Crocè
3pianta compatta
Ivana Giuliani


  

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a cespuglio/cespugliosa


Explanation:
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Laura Crocè
Italy
Local time: 15:30
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Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian
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pianta compatta


Explanation:
o a forma sferica/globosa

cioè una pianta dalla crescita compatta che tende ad arrotondarsi

Example sentence(s):
  • la forma di crescita è compatta: colonnare, sferica o a cuscino compatto
Ivana Giuliani
Italy
Local time: 15:30
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian
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