swollen stems

Italian translation: radici

09:14 Jan 13, 2015
English to Italian translations [PRO]
Botany / sedano rapa
English term or phrase: swollen stems
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Trovo il termine in oggetto riferito alla parte commestibile (cioè la radice) del sedano rapa, in un libro di giardinaggio...

This ugly-looking vegetable is often called turnip-rooted celery as the base of the plant looks like
a turnip, yet the flavour of the ***swollen stem*** is reminiscent of celery.

It is possible to harvest the ***swollen stems*** when young, once they reach anything from 10cm across.

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federica gagliardi
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Italian translation:radici
Explanation:
Vedi discussione sottostante.
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Micaela Santo
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alla fine ho messo così... grazie
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Summary of answers provided
4 +1steli ingrossati
Cristina Demurtas
5bulbi rigonfi
doppler (X)
4radici grosse/particolarmente grosse
Cinzia Savino
4radici
Micaela Santo
3gambi rigonfi
Sabrina Bruna
3radici napiformi
Pina Gargiulo


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gambi rigonfi


Explanation:
Una proposta

Sabrina Bruna
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radici grosse/particolarmente grosse


Explanation:
Secondo me potrebbe essere una resa efficace dato che la particolarità è proprio quella di avere delle radici molto grosse

Cinzia Savino
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steli ingrossati


Explanation:
"All kinds of celery have a short stem at soil level that carries the leaf stalks, but in the case of celeriac this basal stem is greatly enlarged and the leaf stalks are small compared to standard celery. The turnip-like ‘root' is actually a swollen stem and is the storage organ to over-winter for flowering in the second year of growth under natural conditions."

La radice, simile ad una rapa, e' in effetti uno stelo ingrossato


    Reference: http://www.garden.ie/howtogrow.aspx?id=1012
Cristina Demurtas
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radici


Explanation:
Vedi discussione sottostante.

Micaela Santo
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bulbi rigonfi


Explanation:
http://www.orto-giardino.it/sedano-rapa-apium-graveolens-var...

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radici napiformi


Explanation:
Ciao, non so se può fare al caso tuo....


    https://www.google.it/search?q=radice+napiforme&hl=it&rlz=1T4ADFA_itIT520IT520&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=nSe2VKv4JsrsaPiugsgM&ved=0
    Reference: http://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/napiforme/
Pina Gargiulo
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