синяк (a herb)

English translation: viper's bugloss, blueweed, blue devil, blue thistle

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Russian term or phrase:	синяк (Echium vulgare)
English translation:	viper's bugloss, blueweed, blue devil, blue thistle
Entered by:	Iouri Belov

22:16 Feb 18, 2005

Russian to English translations [PRO]
Science - Botany

Russian term or phrase: синяк (a herb)

http://www.alvitan.com/plants/shlemnik-snit-ru.htm#sinyak

Iouri Belov KudoZ activity Questions: 201 (4 open) (10 closed without grading) Answers: 19 Finland
Local time: 10:28

viper's-bugloss

Explanation:
Через латинское название: Echium vulgare L., синяк обыкновенный.

Есть еще другие. Например, как ни парадоксально, "синяк красный"

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Note added at 6 mins (2005-02-18 22:22:26 GMT)
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И еще есть вариант: Blueweed

Plant Profile for Echium vulgare (common vipersbugloss)
... «Back to Top». Invasive Information: Echium vulgare L. blueweed. This plant is considered invasive by the authoritative sources noted below. ...
plants.usda.gov/cgi_bin/plant_profile.cgi?symbol=ECVU

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Note added at 8 mins (2005-02-18 22:24:10 GMT)
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И еще, весьма поэтичные: blue devil, blue thistle.

Viper\'s bugloss : Online Dictionary at Datasegment.com
... [F. buglosse, L. buglossa, buglossus ... with spikes of blue flowers; naturalized in United States [syn: blueweed, blue devil , blue thistle, Echium vulgare]

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Kirill Semenov
Ukraine
Local time: 10:28

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4 +3

viper's bugloss (Echium)

GaryG

4 +2

Viper's bugloss = blueweed

Marina Aleyeva

3 +2

viper's-bugloss

Kirill Semenov

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2 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

viper's bugloss (Echium)

Explanation:
Per Callaham's (I've never heard of it)

GaryG
Local time: 03:28
Native speaker of:

English

4 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

синяк (a herb) Viper's bugloss = blueweed

Explanation:
Viper's Bugloss (Blueweed) Echium vulgare The flowers open, one or two at a time,
on curled branches. The leaves and stems are bristly with hairs. ...
www.ct-botanical-society.org/galleries/echiumvulg.html

Marina Aleyeva
Israel
Local time: 10:28
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Russian,

Ukrainian
PRO pts in category: 12

3 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

синяк (a herb)

viper's-bugloss

Kirill Semenov
Ukraine
Local time: 10:28
Native speaker of:

Russian
PRO pts in category: 12

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