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28-Jun-2003, 10:51
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Current Location: Liaoning First Language: Chinese Member Type: Student or Learner | |  What does "meidiland "mean?
I find a sentence in an article, it says: Roses with names like “Red meidiland”……I cannot find the word "meidiland" in the dictionary, and what does "Red meidiland" mean for the name of a rose? |
28-Jun-2003, 12:16
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Current Location: North Carolina First Language: English Member Type: Other | | Re: What does "meidiland "mean?
The rose seems to be named after its creator. A cultivator of roses would consider it the ultimate honor to have a rose named after him. Apparently, Meidiland has achieved that. The rose (not surprisingly) is red. It is a beautiful rose, and I would be proud to have it in my rose garden if I still had one. :(
Below find a couple of links to websites that discuss the Red Meidiland. (The hybridizer's name is Meilland, which is similar but not the same as the name of the rose.)
Go to: http://www.helpmefind.com/sites/rrr/pl.php?n=5134 http://www.starroses.com/viewrose.cfm?RoseID=217
For more, go to: http://ms101.mysearch.com/jsp/GGmain...d+meidiland%22
Take the time to visit the websites (especially the first one). The roses are quite pretty.
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28-Jun-2003, 20:03
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They're also named after people- I seem to remember one being named after princess Di.  |
29-Jun-2003, 09:02
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Current Location: Liaoning First Language: Chinese Member Type: Student or Learner | | Re: What does "meidiland "mean?
Thank you. The first website recommended by Ronbee is quite good. I find many kinds of roses I just read in the article, for example, Chrysler Imperial, Honorable Lady Lindsay , Pikes Peak. |
29-Jun-2003, 13:08
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Chrysler Imperial? Weird name. |
29-Jun-2003, 13:55
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Current Location: North Carolina First Language: English Member Type: Other | | Re: What does "meidiland "mean?
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Originally Posted by Jenny Lau Thank you. The first website recommended by Ronbee is quite good. I find many kinds of roses I just read in the article, for example, Chrysler Imperial, Honorable Lady Lindsay , Pikes Peak. | Cool names! (Easy to remember; hard to forget.)
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30-Jun-2003, 06:37
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Current Location: Liaoning First Language: Chinese Member Type: Student or Learner | | Re: What does "meidiland "mean?
There are still more: Golden Chersonese; Alba Celeste: Trumpeter; You said they are cool names. But as a non-English spoken person, I just cannot sense their beauty 
To me, they are not only difficult to understand, but to translate! So, I have decided to pass over these names and not to translate them ! |
30-Jun-2003, 13:44
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Current Location: Liaoning First Language: Chinese Member Type: Student or Learner | | Re: What does "meidiland "mean?
Thank you so much, Ronbee. It's very very very kind of you :) |
30-Jun-2003, 14:31
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You're welcome. I enjoyed looking at the pictures of all those beautiful roses.
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