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vikke (URGENT)

English translation: vetch (= Vicia cracca)

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Danish term or phrase:vikke
English translation:vetch (= Vicia cracca)
Entered by: elysee

17:58 Feb 27, 2005
Danish to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Botany / FLOWERS / PLANT
Danish term or phrase: vikke (URGENT)
vikke

Please , do you know the ENGLISH name of this plant (or flower) and his LATIN name?

(if possible also the French or Italian name)

Thank you very much !
elysee
Italy
Local time: 16:47
vetch
Explanation:
vesce en français

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Note added at 1 hr 43 mins (2005-02-27 19:41:31 GMT)
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several kinds of vetch in the danish flora:
Vícia crácca
Vícia hirsúla
Vícia angustifólia
Vícia sépium
Vícia silvática
;)
Selected response from:

Jérôme Haushalter
France
Local time: 16:47
Grading comment
Thank you!. "VETCH" is the general name. Yes, there are several kinds of vetch in the danish flora / english flora / italian flora.
For many languages, see = http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Vicia.html#sativa-nigra
http://naturaliste.be/galleries/botanique/fabacees/Vicia_cracca/
LATIN = Vicia cracca
But for many sites (from this latin name) in FRENCH is = "Vesce à épis" (Vesce de Cracovie)
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/argaud/botanique/vicia_cracca.html
http://herbierfrance.free.fr/descriplantes/viciacracca.htm
http://crdp.ac-besancon.fr/ressourc/flore/flore/Fabaceae/especes/vicia_cracca.htm
http://naturaliste.be/galleries/botanique/fabacees/Vicia_cracca/
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +2vetch
Jérôme Haushalter
4tufted vetch
Ryszard Matuszewski


  

Answers


12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
tufted vetch


Explanation:
MULTILINGUAL MULTISCRIPT PLANT NAME DATABASE. Sorting Vicia Names. ... CHINESE : Guang
bu ye wan dou. DANISH : Muse-vikke. ENGLISH : Cow vetch, Tufted vetch. ...
www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Vicia.html

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Note added at 14 mins (2005-02-27 18:12:18 GMT)
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Vicia cracca in Latin

Ryszard Matuszewski
Local time: 16:47
Native speaker of: Native in PolishPolish
PRO pts in category: 4
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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
vetch


Explanation:
vesce en français

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Note added at 1 hr 43 mins (2005-02-27 19:41:31 GMT)
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several kinds of vetch in the danish flora:
Vícia crácca
Vícia hirsúla
Vícia angustifólia
Vícia sépium
Vícia silvática
;)

Jérôme Haushalter
France
Local time: 16:47
Native speaker of: French
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
Thank you!. "VETCH" is the general name. Yes, there are several kinds of vetch in the danish flora / english flora / italian flora.
For many languages, see = http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Vicia.html#sativa-nigra
http://naturaliste.be/galleries/botanique/fabacees/Vicia_cracca/
LATIN = Vicia cracca
But for many sites (from this latin name) in FRENCH is = "Vesce à épis" (Vesce de Cracovie)
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/argaud/botanique/vicia_cracca.html
http://herbierfrance.free.fr/descriplantes/viciacracca.htm
http://crdp.ac-besancon.fr/ressourc/flore/flore/Fabaceae/especes/vicia_cracca.htm
http://naturaliste.be/galleries/botanique/fabacees/Vicia_cracca/

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Suzanne Blangsted (X)
19 mins
agree  Tore Bjerkek: vetch when nothing else is known (or common vetch (Vicia sativa))
1 hr
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