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variegated foliage

Italian translation: fogliame variegato

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English term or phrase:variegated foliage
Italian translation:fogliame variegato

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14:54 Jan 29, 2009
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Science - Botany
Additional field(s): Agriculture
English term or phrase: variegated foliage
Definition from planandplant.com:
Leaves that are not solid green in color. Most variegated plants have green and white leaves although some will have yellow and green.

Example sentence(s):
  • Highly variegated foliage emerges in early spring with masses of pink-tipped green and white leaves topped with a carpet of sweet purple flowers. Summer Hill Seeds
  • Archangel or Yellow Archangel is perfect as a groundcover planting for partial to full shade. And the variegated foliage looks wonderful with the hooded yellow flowers it bears for a short time in spring. baygardens.tripod.com
  • "Tricolor" beech trees (Fagus sylvatica 'Roseomarginata' or Fagus sylvatica 'Purpurea Tricolor') bear an exquisite variegated foliage throughout the growing season. landscaping.about.com
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fogliame variegato
Definition:
la piante a fogliame variegato sono piante le cui foglie hanno più colori.
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3 +2fogliame variegato
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fogliame variegato


Definition from own experience or research:
la piante a fogliame variegato sono piante le cui foglie hanno più colori.

Example sentence(s):
  • E’ interessante notare che le linee di bulbose con fogliame variegato, se capaci di sopravvivere alla selezione naturale, sono più stabili di molte altre piante - florianabulbose  

Explanation:
sono possibili variazioni sul tema: foglie variegate, ecc.
Marta Bevanda
Netherlands
Local time: 23:18
Native speaker of: Italian
PRO pts in category: 16

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