variegated foliage

Serbian translation: prošarani listovi

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English term or phrase:variegated foliage
Serbian translation:prošarani listovi

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12:54 Jul 10, 2009
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Science - Botany
Additional field(s): Agriculture
English term or phrase: variegated foliage
Definition from planandplant.com:
Leaves that are not solid green in color. Most variegated plants have green and white leaves although some will have yellow and green.

Example sentence(s):
  • Highly variegated foliage emerges in early spring with masses of pink-tipped green and white leaves topped with a carpet of sweet purple flowers. Summer Hill Seeds
  • Archangel or Yellow Archangel is perfect as a groundcover planting for partial to full shade. And the variegated foliage looks wonderful with the hooded yellow flowers it bears for a short time in spring. baygardens.tripod.com
  • "Tricolor" beech trees (Fagus sylvatica 'Roseomarginata' or Fagus sylvatica 'Purpurea Tricolor') bear an exquisite variegated foliage throughout the growing season. landscaping.about.com
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prošarani listovi
Definition:
Listovi koji nemaju ujednačenu zelenu boju. Većina biljaka ima zeleno-bele listove mada neke imaju žuto-zelene.
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prošarani listovi


Definition from own experience or research:
Listovi koji nemaju ujednačenu zelenu boju. Većina biljaka ima zeleno-bele listove mada neke imaju žuto-zelene.

Example sentence(s):
  • Opis biljke: Gujina trava je krupna, snažna impozantna dvogodišnja zeljasta biljka, visoka do 150 cm, koja lici na šaren bujan ckalj. Listovi su tigrasto prošarani belim prugama. Cvetovi i listovi su bodljikavi. Cvasti su krupne i crvene. - Herbateka  
  • Koprivica je popularna biljka poreklom iz južne Azije. Lepotu joj daju zanimljivo prošarani listovi koji mogu biti veliki kao dlan. Zahteva polusenku, a sitne i neugledne cvetove treba uklanjati. - Večernje novosti online  
  • Ciklama je jedna od najlepših zeljastih biljaka. Njeni prošarani listovi, sami po sebi, izgledaju veoma lepo u saksiji ili na otvorenom prostoru. - Politika online  

Explanation:
http://www.aukcije.hr/item.php?id=553607
Zimzeleni grm ili stablo s prošaranim (variegiranim) lišćem.
Mira Stepanovic
Serbia
Local time: 01:15
Native speaker of: Native in SerbianSerbian, Native in Serbo-CroatSerbo-Croat
PRO pts in category: 36

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