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Mannahirse

Glossary entry

Deutsch term or phrase:

Bluthirse

Englisch translation:

finger millet

Added to glossary by Steffen Walter
Nov 14, 2007 01:21
16 yrs ago
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Deutsch term

Bluthirse

Deutsch > Englisch Naturwissenschaften Botanik bird keeping
......reference to a seed mixture to feed budgerigars, i.e. the mixture consisting of ...%...Bluthirse,..... (Mannahirse & Silberhirse)
Proposed translations (Englisch)
4 -1 large crabgrass
4 +2 Finger Millet
Change log

Nov 14, 2007 09:35: Steffen Walter changed "Field (specific)" from "Zoologie" to "Botanik"

Nov 19, 2007 17:14: Steffen Walter changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/126205">Erich Friese's</a> old entry - "Bluthirse"" to ""large crabgrass""

Proposed translations

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large crabgrass

Easy to find the translation, Erich. Type the German in German Wikipedia. Get the scientific name and type that in google.
Reference:

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluthirse

http://www.ppws.vt.edu/scott/weed_id/digsa.htm

Peer comment(s):
disagree Christoph S : See next answer. Common plant names are often misleading, the context is important. While Bluthirse will also lead you to crab grass, it will not produce millet suitable for birds feed.
32 Min.
ok, it ties in with the millets in the other questions
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "....much appreciated...thanks"
+2
36 Min.

Finger Millet

Bluthirse is also called Fingerhirse, which is the correct name in this context (Bluthirse is also used for at least one other plant species). After finding the Latin name for Fingerhirse (Eleusine corcana) in German websites, you get finger millet when inputting the Latin name into the name search on the USDA website.
Reference:

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fingerhirse

http://plants.usda.gov/java/nameSearch

Peer comment(s):
agree John Speese : Googling to find the Latin name and then the common name in the target language is indeed a useful technique, but as you said, the same species can have different common names in different contexts.
12 Stunden
agree Cetacea : Yes, budgies wouldn't be too pleased about getting crabgrass, I think... ;-)
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