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May 23, 2006 13:38
17 yrs ago
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Italian term

di un ulivo secolare a sette fusti

Italian to English Art/Literary Botany Calling all gardeners/garden lovers
and what on earth is this called in English?
Anyone out there know.
Gardening is not my thing, as you may have guessed. And I don't have a single dictionary to hand
Proposed translations (English)
4 ancient seven-trunked olive tree
4 +2 centuries-old olive tree with seven trunks
3 centuries old olive tree with a seven-stemmed trunk

Proposed translations

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ancient seven-trunked olive tree

I've always hated the word "secolare", as it normally refers to any large mature tree, many of which will be younger than me! So in the past I've always used "ancient".

And I tend to prefer the adjective "trunked" (see link)
Reference:

http://www.google.it/search?q=%22trunked+tree%22&hl=en&hs=XIC&lr=&safe=off&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:it-IT:official_s&start=10&sa=N

Peer comment(s):
neutral Angela Arnone : Probably translated by me, I expect. Don't have any "secular" though ... always took it to be a "sacred tree".
11 mins
yes, older than both of us put together! My house was said to have ulivi secolari and they were far from that! BTW, "centuries old olive tree" tends to bring up mainly Italian pages, though it must be said that "secular olive tree" gets more Italian hits!
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centuries-old olive tree with seven trunks

As an olive trees grow old, they develop multiple trunks. This chap has seven, gawd bless him.


[PDF] PLANTING AN OLIVE TREEFile Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat
Olive trees for orchard planting usually range in size from 4-inch pots to ... Multiple trunk trees tend to grow wide into the row and the outermost shoots ...
cesonoma.ucdavis.edu/hortic/pdf/olive_tree_planting.pdf

PacificRimCollPlant # 104 Olea europaea (olive tree). Originated in 1880. Formal upright style. ... Multiple trunk style called “korabuki”. 217.jpg (26969 bytes) ...
www.coenosium.com/PacificRim/pacificrimcoll.htm


A Guide to Deciduous Tree Knowledge... making an excellent small tree, 15 to 25 feet with multiple or single trunk. ... Bark of the tree trunk is dark gray, furrowed or shaggy looking. ...
www.ext.nodak.edu/extpubs/plantsci/trees/f436-2.htm
Peer comment(s):
neutral Anthony Green : I think they develop more trunks when they're coppiced for firewood and better production rather than simply when they get old
15 mins
I bow to your greater botanical knowledge!
agree Danette St. Onge
21 hrs
agree Gian
1 day 7 hrs
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10 mins

centuries old olive tree with a seven-stemmed trunk

or age-old
isn't it? But may need to be put differently for the sentence/metaphor??

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Note added at 1 hr (2006-05-23 15:15:13 GMT)
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If the tree has more than one pith at ground level it is a multiple-stemmed tree. Note I did not say 4.5 feet above the ground. This is because the 4.5 foot ...
www.uark.edu/misc/ents/measure/tree_measuring_guidelines.ht...
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