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bijsteker

13:42 Feb 24, 2010
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Dutch to English translations [PRO]
Botany / plant/flower shops
Dutch term or phrase: bijsteker
Not much context for the actual term is given, but it has to do with supplies for plant and flower shops. The sentence this occurs in:

"Sinds 1980 actief en inmiddels uitgegroeid tot een specialist in het toeleveren van bloemisterijartikelen, ondergronden, decoraties, >>>bijstekers
Mark Straver
Sweden
Local time: 22:09


Summary of answers provided
3 +2stick pin
Michael Beijer
Summary of reference entries provided
'plant sticks' ?
Michael Beijer

  

Answers


19 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
stick pin


Explanation:
'stick pin,' or 'plant stick'

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Note added at 20 mins (2010-02-24 14:02:28 GMT)
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Compare the English (stick pin) on that website with their Dutch (bijsteker): http://www.victory.nl/products_category.php?PRC_ID=140

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Note added at 23 mins (2010-02-24 14:06:00 GMT)
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Also, search Google Images on: 'valentine's day stick pins' (http://images.google.co.uk/images?q=valentine's day stick pi...


    Reference: http://www.victory.nl/products_category.php?PRC_ID=140
Michael Beijer
United Kingdom
Local time: 21:09
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Chris Hopley: I think you need to include 'decorative' somewhere (cf. DE and FR versions of that site: Dekostecker / Décorations à planter), e.g. 'decorative plant stick'. Stickpin = dasspeld
26 mins
  -> @ Chris: Yes, I left out the 'decorative' because it was already mentioned before the term in question in a list. "(...), decoraties, bijstekers, en toebehoren (...)"
agree  Oliver Pekelharing: plant stick
1 hr
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Reference comments


11 mins
Reference: 'plant sticks' ?

Reference information:
Just a guess from using Google images.

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Note added at 14 mins (2010-02-24 13:56:53 GMT)
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and ... http://www.winkelplein.nu/pompoenzadenshop/default.asp?sid=L...

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Note added at 24 mins (2010-02-24 14:06:51 GMT)
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(I think it should be 'stick pin' instead.)


    Reference: http://images.google.co.uk/images?hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=...
    Reference: http://images.google.co.uk/images?hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=...
Michael Beijer
United Kingdom
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
Note to reference poster
Asker: Apparently they are items "on a stick" to be stuck alongside plants in the soil, purely decoratively. "Plant sticks" isn't exactly clear. that could be anything, from sticks made of plants to supporting sticks for the plants (which they aren't either)

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