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17:44 Sep 12, 2006 |
Danish to English translations [PRO] Botany | |||||
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5 +1 | avenue trees |
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4 | alley trees |
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4 | street trees |
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3 | tree-lined avenues |
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alley trees Explanation: I'm pretty sure they mean 'allétræer', i.e. trees which line an alley or boulevard. It's not a specific type of tree. Reference: http://www.hedeselskabetsplanteskole.dk/All%E9tr%E6er.1573.a... |
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avenue trees Explanation: allé is an avenue http://davesgarden.com/forums/t/645800/ |
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tree-lined avenues Explanation: I think that tree-lined avenues ("hedges and tree-lined avenues") is a more natural way of expressing this in English. "Avenue trees" is also used, but is not as common as far as I know (the majority of googles for this seemed to originate from India). |
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street trees Explanation: ... prominent landscape features (such as hedges and street trees). dc_proposed_06052006.pdf Decorative hedges and street trees shall be incorporated in future projects to mitigate unwanted noise... library.ceres.ca.gov/docs/data/1800/1806/HYPEROCR/hyperocr.html Farquhar Street frontage and partly obscured by hedges and street trees. www.tatiara.sa.gov.au/webdata/resources/files/Heritage_repo... |
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