snakewood

Croatian translation: leopardovo drvo

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English term or phrase:snakewood
Croatian translation:leopardovo drvo
Entered by: Miomira Brankovic

20:25 Oct 11, 2004
English to Croatian translations [PRO]
Science - Materials (Plastics, Ceramics, etc.)
English term or phrase: snakewood
Lat.: Brosimum guianense, Piratinera guianensis
Njem.: Schlangenholz

zmijsko drvo ???

hvala
Sandra Milosavljevic-Rothe
Serbia
Local time: 21:55
leopardovo drvo
Explanation:
Brosimum guianense (letterwood, also called leopardwood or
snakewood), is employed in inlays, turnery, fancy handles for cutlery, and violin bows. (Encyclopaedia Britannica)
leopardwood (Brossimum aubletii) leopardovo drvo (Leonardo Spalatin, Englesko-hrvaskosrpski i hrvatskosrpsko-engleski prirodoslovi rjecnik, SNL, Zagreb 1980)


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Note added at 4 days (2004-10-16 09:25:58 GMT)
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Na ovoj stranici
http://plants.usda.gov/cgi_bin/plant_profile.cgi?symbol=BRGU...
vidi se da su Brosimum guianense i Brosimum aubletii dva naziva za istu biljku.
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Miomira Brankovic
Serbia
Local time: 21:55
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leopardovo drvo


Explanation:
Brosimum guianense (letterwood, also called leopardwood or
snakewood), is employed in inlays, turnery, fancy handles for cutlery, and violin bows. (Encyclopaedia Britannica)
leopardwood (Brossimum aubletii) leopardovo drvo (Leonardo Spalatin, Englesko-hrvaskosrpski i hrvatskosrpsko-engleski prirodoslovi rjecnik, SNL, Zagreb 1980)


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Note added at 4 days (2004-10-16 09:25:58 GMT)
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Na ovoj stranici
http://plants.usda.gov/cgi_bin/plant_profile.cgi?symbol=BRGU...
vidi se da su Brosimum guianense i Brosimum aubletii dva naziva za istu biljku.

Miomira Brankovic
Serbia
Local time: 21:55
Native speaker of: Serbian
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
hvala!

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