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French to English Botany Translation Glossary

French term		English translation
"lutte curative"		curative/remedial measures/control
(huile de) perles de prairie		meadowfoam (oil)
acaule/ciliée		acaulis(stemless)/ciliata (fringed)
adventices pluriannuelles		pluriannual weeds, short-lived perennial weeds
affranchissement		scion rooting	Sheila Hardie
Entered by: Sheila Hardie
alvéolés		honeycombed
amendé		enriched
appareil caulinaire		caulinary system or components (also domatia)
appartenance propre		their own group
appui en arbres		a total of 18 trees were supplied/contributed/donated	Sheila Hardie
Entered by: Sheila Hardie
arbre à soie		Pink silk tree (Albizia julibrissin)
arome		calla/arum lily
association, en		mixed planting
à l'étouffée		under cover	liz askew
Entered by: liz askew
école		national collection (of plant species)
école		stock bank
écorce		pod
élaguer vs rabattre		prune vs. cut back
épinette		spruce
barre végétale		plant rail (garden equipment)
berceau		birthplace/home
binette vs houe		see below !
bleuet messicole		cornflower (Centaurea cyanus)	Sheila Hardie
Entered by: Sheila Hardie
Bois d’Inde		West Indian Bay Tree
Bois du Brésil		Brazil wood
bore magnésie soufré		boron, magnesium and sulphur/sulfur	Sheila Hardie
Entered by: Sheila Hardie
bourgeons non débourrés		unopened buds
broderies en buis		box embroidery / embroidery of box hedges	Tony M
Entered by: Tony M
canaliculé		canaliculate, channeled	liz askew
Entered by: liz askew
Carpothèque		Herbarium [rather than Seed library/bank]
Cassis fleurs		R. sanguineum, dit cassis-fleur another name for Flowering Currant or Red-flowering Currant
cavalier		staple	liz askew
Entered by: liz askew
chambre de repiquage		pricking out unit
chênes verts et landes à genêt		holm oaks and heath/moor of brooms	Neil Rear
Entered by: Neil Rear
chevelure buissonnière		covered in bushes/plants.
coin		angle, point
collet		collar
compagnonnage botanique		companion planting
créées en standard comme fantaisie		standard and fancy
crypte pilifère		stomatal crypt (with trichomes)	Sheila Hardie
Entered by: Sheila Hardie

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