bleuet messicole

English translation: cornflower (Centaurea cyanus)

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French term or phrase:bleuet messicole
English translation:cornflower (Centaurea cyanus)
Entered by: Sheila Hardie

14:44 Mar 30, 2011
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Science - Botany
French term or phrase: bleuet messicole
"Bleuet messicole"
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Local time: 05:41
cornflower (Centaurea cyanus)
Explanation:
I think this is it (i.e. bleuet / bleuet des prés).

HTH


Sheila


World Economic Plants: A Standard Reference - Resultat de Google Llibres
John Harry Wiersema, Blanca León - 1999 - Gardening - 749 pàgines
Centaurea cyanus L. Cn: bachelor's-button; blue bottle; cornflower; bleuet (Fr.) ; centaur^e bleuet (Fr.) Econ: Environ, (ornamental); ...
books.google.es/books?isbn=0849321190...
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3 +5cornflower (Centaurea cyanus)
Sheila Hardie
4messicole cornflower
John Speese
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plantes messicoles
Rachel Fell

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cornflower (Centaurea cyanus)


Explanation:
I think this is it (i.e. bleuet / bleuet des prés).

HTH


Sheila


World Economic Plants: A Standard Reference - Resultat de Google Llibres
John Harry Wiersema, Blanca León - 1999 - Gardening - 749 pàgines
Centaurea cyanus L. Cn: bachelor's-button; blue bottle; cornflower; bleuet (Fr.) ; centaur^e bleuet (Fr.) Econ: Environ, (ornamental); ...
books.google.es/books?isbn=0849321190...

Sheila Hardie
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agree  Alison Sabedoria (X): Definitely! More usually "bleuet des moissons" in French.
2 mins

agree  Halil Ibrahim Tutuncuoglu "Бёcäטsع Լîfe's cômplicåtعd eñøugh": http://www.reelport.com/index.php?id=300&L=en\&movie_id=33233
6 mins

agree  Evans (X): yes, this variety is usually called the perennial cornflower in English.
7 mins

agree  Rachel Fell: (annual) cornflower - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornflower
8 hrs

agree  Yvonne Gallagher
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messicole cornflower


Explanation:
There doesn't seem to be an exact equivalent term in English, but here is the wikipedia site defining the term and an EN language website where the term is used as is. I'd add a note (summer-blooming wildflowers growing in grain fields). In US agriculture anyway, such plants would simply be called "weeds". The bleuet (Centaurea cyanus) is known as the cornflower or, in the US at least, bachelor's button.


    Reference: http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plante_messicole
    Reference: http://www.malagne.be/en/bal_champs.asp
John Speese
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Reference: plantes messicoles

Reference information:
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plante_messicole
cornfield weeds, maybe
they look nice here:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/gardening/howtogrow/6189598/Poppi...

Rachel Fell
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