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purple heart

German translation: Amarant(h)


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GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW)
English term or phrase:purple heart
German translation:Amarant(h)
Entered by: Elisabeth Pitzenbauer
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15:20 Feb 2, 2004
English to German translations [PRO]
Botany / trees
English term or phrase: purple heart
A woodworker might see the table and think: What nice quality purple heart.
Elisabeth Pitzenbauer
Local time: 13:56
Amarant(h)
Explanation:
Über den wissenschaftlichen Namen findet sich folgendes:

PENTOL: Amarant
... Bezeichnung Französisch, Amarante. Bezeichnung Englisch, Purpleheart. Wissenschaftliche
Bezeichnung, Peltogyne venosa Benth. Herkunft, exotisch. Kontinent, Südamerika. ...

Amaranth
... weitere Namen. Zwei Arten liefern dieses kostbare Holz : Peltogyne venosa Benth.
wissenschaftl. Peltogyne paniculata Benth. wissenschaftl. ...
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Auch: Violettholz, Purpurholz-Baum
Selected response from:

Klaus Herrmann
Germany
Local time: 13:56
Grading comment
Purpurholz passt super! Vielen Dank!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +7Amarant(h)
Klaus Herrmann
4 +1Amarant
Kim Metzger
4 -1Tradescantia pallida
Lars Helbig


  

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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +7
Amarant(h)


Explanation:
Über den wissenschaftlichen Namen findet sich folgendes:

PENTOL: Amarant
... Bezeichnung Französisch, Amarante. Bezeichnung Englisch, Purpleheart. Wissenschaftliche
Bezeichnung, Peltogyne venosa Benth. Herkunft, exotisch. Kontinent, Südamerika. ...

Amaranth
... weitere Namen. Zwei Arten liefern dieses kostbare Holz : Peltogyne venosa Benth.
wissenschaftl. Peltogyne paniculata Benth. wissenschaftl. ...
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Auch: Violettholz, Purpurholz-Baum


    Reference: http://www.pentol.ch/wooddetail.asp?code=09&wood=26
    Reference: http://www.fidimade.de/baueme/amaranth.shtml
Klaus Herrmann
Germany
Local time: 13:56
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Purpurholz passt super! Vielen Dank!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Kerstin Mouhannaya: Ohne Kommentar :-)
2 mins
agree  Thilo Santl: Jau, bin auch grad über dieselben Seiten gestolpert....
3 mins
agree  Christine Slattery
4 mins
agree  Kim Metzger: Absolutely! It makes a nice veneer for cigar humidors.
6 mins
agree  Agostinho Almeida: Da kann ich nur zustimmen! Mehr dazu unter http://www.payer.de/cifor/cif01022.htm
8 mins
agree  ingo_h: für Purpurholzbaum und dafür, dass das auch ins Glossar kommt.
1 hr
agree  Kathi Stock
1 hr
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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -1
Tradescantia pallida


Explanation:
A flower also known as purple queen. Is scientifc name is Tradescantia pallida.

See the link below.

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Note added at 14 mins (2004-02-02 15:34:42 GMT)
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Oops! forgot to give the German name. The flower, also called Setcreasea purpurea, has the following German names according to the URL below:

Rotblatt, Dreimasterblume, Wasserranke

http://www.pflanzen-treml.de/katal_tu.htm


    Reference: http://www.floridata.com/ref/t/trad_pal.cfm
Lars Helbig
Germany
Local time: 13:56
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Klaus Herrmann: Wenn mein Eindruck richtig ist, dass es sich bei der hier vorgeschlagenen Pflanze um eine Blume handelt, kann ich mir schwer vorstellen, wie man daraus den in der Frage angesprochenen Tisch bauen könnte.
6 mins
disagree  Kerstin Mouhannaya: Einverstanden mit Klaus. Es geht um das Holz, das der Fachmann hier erkennt und entsprechend bezeichnet.
8 mins
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15 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Amarant


Explanation:
"Purpleheart, Peltogyne spp. Der Baum, das auch als Amarant bezeichnet wird, ist im Norden Südamerikas heimisch, insbesonder in Guyana und Brasilien.
I have used it as a veneer. It's beautiful.


    Das Groe Buch vom Holz
    Reference: http://www.escapeartist.com/efam/37/Trees.html
Kim Metzger
Mexico
Local time: 06:56
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Kerstin Mouhannaya
1 min
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