Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
chevelure buissonnière
English translation:
covered in bushes/plants.
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Paul Lambert
Aug 17, 2005 08:50
18 yrs ago
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chevelure buissonnière
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Botany
This appears in a text on Annecy and I can't seem to find references anywhere - assuming it's some sort of plant:
En hiver, par temps de neige et de brouillard, il faut le découvrir depuis le promontoire du Roc de Chère, réserve botanique à la chevelure buissonnière
En hiver, par temps de neige et de brouillard, il faut le découvrir depuis le promontoire du Roc de Chère, réserve botanique à la chevelure buissonnière
Proposed translations
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| 4 +1 | covered in bushes/plants. |
Leveleki
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| 4 +1 | covered in thick brush |
Nick Lingris
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| 4 | bushy foliage/pyracath |
Vivian Bynum
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| 3 | thickly covered in shrubs |
Rachel Fell
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| 2 | bushy locks / bushy mane |
Flo in London
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Proposed translations
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French term (edited):
chevelure buissonni�re
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covered in bushes/plants.
I think that what they mean here is that the botanical park is covered in bushes and plants of every kind.
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French term (edited):
chevelure buissonni�re
bushy locks / bushy mane
Not sure if this would work in English to describe a landscape...
Otherwise, 'chevelure buissonnière' is indeed a poetic way to say 'covered in bushes'. It also implies a notion of freedom (see 'école buissonnière)
Otherwise, 'chevelure buissonnière' is indeed a poetic way to say 'covered in bushes'. It also implies a notion of freedom (see 'école buissonnière)
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Rachel Fell
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French term (edited):
chevelure buissonni�re
thickly covered in shrubs
or "...bushes and shrubbery"
can't seem to incorporate the chevelure idea so much
can't seem to incorporate the chevelure idea so much
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Nick Lingris
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French term (edited):
chevelure buissonni�re
covered in thick brush
Just another option.
1 day 6 hrs
French term (edited):
chevelure buissonni�re
bushy foliage/pyracath
Depends on the audience you are reaching.
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