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09:54 Mar 5, 2009

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Botany

Italian term or phrase: vattale

Nella descrizione di un giardino: ...nelle conche che contengono gli alberi e che sono divise da arginelli chiamati vattali.

ErikaCasali KudoZ activity Questions: 5 (none open) (1 closed without grading) Answers: 4
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English translation:baulk

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Oliver Lawrence
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Local time: 17:31

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baulk

Oliver Lawrence

little channel-dyke

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baulk

Explanation:
The only two times I've seen this crop up have had a Sicilian connection (see references), so I think it may be a Sicilian dialect word, and therefore I'd probably translate it the same as for "arginello", i.e. "baulk" or little ridge. HTH.

Reference: http://www.fondoambiente.it/upload/oggetti/Appr.Koly_leggero...
Reference: http://forum.giardinaggio.it/orto-frutteto/40147-semi-fave.h...

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little channel-dyke

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