Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Italian term or phrase:
a macchia
English translation:
scrub (vegetation)
Added to glossary by
Barbara Carrara
Mar 19, 2009 18:30
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a macchia
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Hi,
I am translating a text about landscape gardening and am struggling with 'vegetazione a macchia'
Punto di partenza era una casa toscana del XIV secolo situata su una collina che da trecento metri scende ad un fiume che attraversa il parco. Sul retro della casa ancora una collna boscosa.
Agli inizi del secolo era stato costruito davanti alla casa, circondata ad anfiteatro da vegetazione a macchia , un giardino all’italiana con palme, arbusti e fontane che ne avevano compromesso il rapporto armonico.
I am translating a text about landscape gardening and am struggling with 'vegetazione a macchia'
Punto di partenza era una casa toscana del XIV secolo situata su una collina che da trecento metri scende ad un fiume che attraversa il parco. Sul retro della casa ancora una collna boscosa.
Agli inizi del secolo era stato costruito davanti alla casa, circondata ad anfiteatro da vegetazione a macchia , un giardino all’italiana con palme, arbusti e fontane che ne avevano compromesso il rapporto armonico.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +1 | scrub (vegetation) |
Barbara Carrara
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| 4 | in thickets/ scattered |
Oliver Lawrence
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| 4 | in clumps |
Michael Korovkin
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| 4 | shrubbery |
axies
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Change log
Mar 23, 2009 13:17: Barbara Carrara changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/609382">LouC1482's</a> old entry - "a macchia"" to ""scrub (vegetation)""
Proposed translations
+1
14 hrs
Barbara Carrara
Italy
Italy
Native in Italian
Specializes in field
Italy
www.theitalianwordshop.com
Native in: Italian 
Works in: English to Italian, French to Italian, Italian
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43
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scrub (vegetation)
'a) vegetation consisting mainly of brushwood or stunted forest growth. b) an area of land covered with this.'
(Source, Oxford Dict.)
This appears to be the most widely used term to define the macchia mediterranea (Mediterranean scrub or maquis).
Macchia: Formazione vegetale costituita in prealenza da una fitta boscaglia di arbusti sempreverdi, caratteristica delle regioni mediterranee.
www.welcometuscany.it/tuscany/index.htm
The mantle of natural vegetation has been greatly modified by man though various characteristic aspects still exist. Common along the coast is the Mediterranean scrub, an underwood of aromatic evergreen shrubs, which spreads though, increasingly sparsely, into the Arno Valley as far as Florence.
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Pleasure, Louise!
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(Source, Oxford Dict.)
This appears to be the most widely used term to define the macchia mediterranea (Mediterranean scrub or maquis).
Macchia: Formazione vegetale costituita in prealenza da una fitta boscaglia di arbusti sempreverdi, caratteristica delle regioni mediterranee.
www.welcometuscany.it/tuscany/index.htm
The mantle of natural vegetation has been greatly modified by man though various characteristic aspects still exist. Common along the coast is the Mediterranean scrub, an underwood of aromatic evergreen shrubs, which spreads though, increasingly sparsely, into the Arno Valley as far as Florence.
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Note added at 3 days18 hrs (2009-03-23 13:12:23 GMT) Post-grading
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Pleasure, Louise!
B
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15 mins
Oliver Lawrence
Italy
Italy
Native in English
Italy
Texts with zest by a Chartered Linguist
Native in: English (Variants: UK, British)
Works in: Italian to English, English
Related KudoZ points
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56
in thickets/ scattered
39 mins
Michael Korovkin
Italy
Italy
Native in English
Works in field
Italy
Native in: English 
, Russian
Works in: Russian to English, English to Russian, Italian to Russian, and 2 more.
Related KudoZ points
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28
in clumps
a gardener's term
9 hrs
shrubbery
with shrubs.
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