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piperna o pipernia

English translation: thyme

11:54 Dec 11, 2015
Italian to English translations [PRO]
Botany / Cucina
Italian term or phrase: piperna o pipernia
Si tratta di un'erba utilizzata nella ricetta del coniglio all'ischitana.
Alcuni traducono con wild thyme, ma non credo sia la stessa erba, preferirei lasciarla in italiano con la descrizione ...
Anna Villani
Italy
Local time: 12:37
English translation:thyme
Explanation:
I don't think you can put "Breckland thyme"' or "Thymus serpyllum" in a recipe. Your job is to anglicise the ingredients where necessary, so people can go out and make it themselves using easily obtainable ingredients.
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philgoddard
United States
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I do agree! Thank you!
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Summary of answers provided
4 +1thyme
philgoddard
3Breckland thyme
Marco Solinas
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dandamesh

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Breckland thyme


Explanation:
Latin name: Thymus serpyllum
See: https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thymus_serpyllum
and:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thymus_serpyllum

Marco Solinas
Local time: 03:37
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in ItalianItalian

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Rachel Fell: creeping thyme, since Breckland is a specific region of eastern England - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breckland - not very Ischian;-)
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thyme


Explanation:
I don't think you can put "Breckland thyme"' or "Thymus serpyllum" in a recipe. Your job is to anglicise the ingredients where necessary, so people can go out and make it themselves using easily obtainable ingredients.

philgoddard
United States
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 32
Grading comment
I do agree! Thank you!

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agree  barbarameyer
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Reference comments


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Reference

Reference information:
qui indica "mother of thyme" come nome comune principale.
È la specie in latino che identifica in modo univoco la pianta, i nomi possono essere tanti. Per questo sceglierei uno dei nomi in inglese e lo farei seguire dal nome latino in parentesi


    Reference: http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFind...
dandamesh
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Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian
PRO pts in category: 6
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