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mirtillo nero

English translation: black blueberry

11:23 Jul 19, 2010
Italian to English translations [PRO]
Nutrition / Functional foods - pet foods
Italian term or phrase: mirtillo nero
Mirtillo is an ingredient of this pet food . Since mirtillo can be either blueberry or bilberry , Im not sure whether this being " black " is what is commonly referred to as a blueberry - since mirtillo rosso is a cranberry
Chants
Local time: 13:37
English translation:black blueberry
Explanation:
See here: http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=VATE3

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Note added at 9 min (2010-07-19 11:33:25 GMT)
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And all of them here:
http://luirig.altervista.org/flora/vaccinium.htm

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Note added at 4 giorni (2010-07-24 07:34:49 GMT) Post-grading
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Thanks , I tried to do do my best to help. :)
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Giuseppe Bellone
Italy
Local time: 13:37
Grading comment
This is also what I settled for after a while
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +3Common Bilberry
Mr Murray (X)
4 +2bilberry/whortleberry
Oliver Lawrence
3 +1black blueberry
Giuseppe Bellone
3cultivated bilberries
Rachel Fell
Summary of reference entries provided
Vaccinium myrtillus
Lucrezia Amedeo

  

Answers


5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
bilberry/whortleberry


Explanation:
IATE has these, listed as 'reliable'.

Oliver Lawrence
Italy
Local time: 13:37
Native speaker of: English

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Alexander Cormack (X): in these cases also reliable is to discover the latin name - Vaccinium myrtillus
6 mins
agree  Fabrizio Zambuto
14 mins
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20 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +3
Common Bilberry


Explanation:
Be careful - compare the Italian Wikipedia with the English one to understand the difference:

Il mirtillo nero (Vaccinium myrtillus L.) è una pianta arbustiva della famiglia delle Ericaceae.

Vaccinium myrtillus is a species of bilberry. It is sometimes called Common Bilberry to distinguish it from its relatives, but usually simply referred to as "the" Bilberry.




    Reference: http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaccinium_myrtillus
    Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaccinium_myrtillus
Mr Murray (X)
Italy
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Michael McCann: Yes agree, but ALWAYS give the correct Latin name in brackets after the English name.
20 mins
agree  Shera Lyn Parpia
1 hr
agree  Colin Ryan (X): With InfoMarex
3 hrs
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8 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
cultivated bilberries


Explanation:
if it's in the same product as your other question, presumably it's differentiating the two -?

Pomology: Top > Research > Chapter 6442
Cultivated bilberries 'on the up'. The cultivated bitter orange. ... Cultivated blueberries A true-blue baking ingredient. ...
pomology.org/research/006/441/ - United States

http://www.bilberry.eu/wild-cultivated-bilberries/





Rachel Fell
United Kingdom
Local time: 12:37
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
black blueberry


Explanation:
See here: http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=VATE3

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Note added at 9 min (2010-07-19 11:33:25 GMT)
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And all of them here:
http://luirig.altervista.org/flora/vaccinium.htm

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Note added at 4 giorni (2010-07-24 07:34:49 GMT) Post-grading
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Thanks , I tried to do do my best to help. :)

Giuseppe Bellone
Italy
Local time: 13:37
Native speaker of: Italian
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
This is also what I settled for after a while

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Fiorsam
11 mins
  -> Grazie F., anche se molto in ritardo! :)
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Reference comments


8 hrs
Reference: Vaccinium myrtillus

Reference information:
Bilberries (especially Vaccinium myrtillus) are known by a very wide range of local names. As well as "bilberry", these include blaeberry, whortleberry (pronounced /ˈhɜrtəlbɛri/) ground hurts, whinberry, winberry, wineberry,[citation needed] wimberry, myrtle blueberry and fraughan. They were called black-hearts in 19th century south-western England, according to Thomas Hardy's 1878 novel, The Return of the Native.[1] It is known as as Blueberries in Scandinavia and many other places in northern Europe, something which may cause confusion in the cases the name refers to Vaccinium crassifollum.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bilberry

Lucrezia Amedeo
Italy
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian
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