Glossary entry

Italian term or phrase:

(rosso) corbezzolo

English translation:

(red) Arbutus unedo - Strawberry tree

Added to glossary by Rachel Fell
Jul 19, 2007 15:00
16 yrs ago
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Italian term

rosso corbezzolo

Italian to English Science Botany Plant names
A plant typical in the area of the Cinque Terre in northern Italy, apparently producing scents you can smell as you walk along the paths. Finding other "corbezzoli" translated as "bearberries" I guessed at "red bearberry", which exists, but apparently in Asia and North America. Anyone know?

"Le grandiose falesie e le bancate di arenaria accolgono il visitatore dal mare; le macchie di pini e di castagni celano i sentieri, odorosi di thymus e di spartium junceum – la solare ginestra -, di *** rossi corbezzoli *** e di erica arborea."

Thanks for your help.
Change log

Jul 23, 2007 15:49: Rachel Fell changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/64946">BristolTEc's</a> old entry - "rosso corbezzolo"" to ""Arbutus unedo - Strawberry tree""

Jul 23, 2007 15:50: Rachel Fell changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/100794">Rachel Fell's</a> old entry - "rosso corbezzolo"" to ""Arbutus unedo - Strawberry tree""

Proposed translations

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Arbutus unedo - Strawberry tree



Strawberry tree in English, though I might put the Latin name in too in brackets to avoid confusion/clarify - red strawberry trees (from the colour of the fruits?)

http://www.montelinas.it/florasarda/120-corbezzolo.htm

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Note added at 4 days (2007-07-23 15:51:47 GMT) Post-grading
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bearberries exist in U.K. too, but are different :

http://www.plant-identification.co.uk/skye/ericaceae/arctost...
Peer comment(s):

agree Chiara Righele : I read "rossi" as adjective here, so I agree with this version
10 mins
Thank you Chiara!
agree silvia b (X) : certo, rossi è aggettivo e corbezzolo è strawberry tree
40 mins
Grazie Silvia:-)
agree Anthony Green : yes exactly, also called "winter strawberries"
1 hr
Thank you Anthony - didn't know that name!
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strawberry red

corbezzolo is a strawberry tree typical of the Maremma region and other regions around Italy so I deduct that rosso corbezzolo means strawberry red or the color of strawberries.
I have translated several guidebooks carrying these "corbezzoli" and have always translated the word this way.
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