Oct 11, 2005 20:19
18 yrs ago
German term
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Native in: German 
Works in: German to English, English to German
Zebranholz
German to English
Other
Forestry / Wood / Timber
Hotelzimmer in edlem Zebranholz gehalten.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 | zebrawood |
Stefanie Sendelbach
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| 4 | zebrawood |
Tom Funke
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Change log
Oct 11, 2005 20:26: Johanna Timm, PhD changed "Term asked" from "zebranholz" to "Zebranholz"
Proposed translations
11 mins
Stefanie Sendelbach
Germany
Germany
Native in German
Germany
IT and marketing translations
Native in: German 
Works in: English to German, German, Portuguese to German
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zebrawood
See the link. Quite a nice explanation there.
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Note added at 14 mins (2005-10-11 20:33:20 GMT)
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I am having problems accessing the link through here. So here are its contents:
Zebrawood
Name used to refer to several types of wood having vivid and usually evenly spaced, light and dark stripes. The following specimens have been referred to as zebrawood:
1) Brachystegia fleuryana: a tree from Africa with a grain of parallel light straw-colored and dark brown stripes. It is also known as zebran, zebrano, or zingana
2) Connarus guianensis: a tree from South America that is often used in cabinetwork. It is a lightweight hardwood with distinctive dark reddish brown stripes on a cream color background.
3) Pithecolobium racemiflorum: a rare wood from French Guiana with irregular light brown stripes. It is also known as Bois serpent or Surinam snakewood.
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Note added at 14 mins (2005-10-11 20:33:20 GMT)
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I am having problems accessing the link through here. So here are its contents:
Zebrawood
Name used to refer to several types of wood having vivid and usually evenly spaced, light and dark stripes. The following specimens have been referred to as zebrawood:
1) Brachystegia fleuryana: a tree from Africa with a grain of parallel light straw-colored and dark brown stripes. It is also known as zebran, zebrano, or zingana
2) Connarus guianensis: a tree from South America that is often used in cabinetwork. It is a lightweight hardwood with distinctive dark reddish brown stripes on a cream color background.
3) Pithecolobium racemiflorum: a rare wood from French Guiana with irregular light brown stripes. It is also known as Bois serpent or Surinam snakewood.
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zebrawood
Listed as Zebrano in Duden and as zebrawood in Websters: (1) Any of several trees, esp. Connarus Quananensis, of tropical America, yielding a stiped, hard wood used for making furniture; (2) the wood of any of these trees. HTH Tom
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