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vollbauchig

English translation: plump


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GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW)
German term or phrase:vollbauchig
English translation:plump
Entered by: EdithK
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12:04 Jan 25, 2012
German to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Food & Dairy / Beschreibung von Getreide für Tierfutter
German term or phrase: vollbauchig
Zusammensetzung: 22% Weizen vollbauchig, 15% Mais klein, 13% Milocorn, 11% Erbsen grün, 10% Dari, 10% Gerste vollbauchig, 6% Erbsen ...

Could it be "plump"?

TIA
EdithK
Local time: 00:53
plump
Explanation:
also used for barley (plump barley for brewing)
Selected response from:

Wendy Streitparth
Local time: 00:53
Grading comment
Thanks Wendy, and also thanks to Colin for the reference
2 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +3plump
Wendy Streitparth
1bulbousCoqueiro


  

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15 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 1/5Answerer confidence 1/5
bulbous


Explanation:
just a guess

Coqueiro
Local time: 00:53
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 8
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54 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
plump


Explanation:
also used for barley (plump barley for brewing)

Wendy Streitparth
Local time: 00:53
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 14
Grading comment
Thanks Wendy, and also thanks to Colin for the reference

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Colin Rowe: As opposed to dried. "The plump wheat grain consists of about 83 % endosperm, 14.5 % bran, and 2.5 % germ" http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/14356007.a06_093/...
2 mins
  -> Thanks, Colin

agree  Kim Metzger: Versus shrivelled or small. http://www.ag.ndsu.edu/pubs/plantsci/smgrains/a500w.htm
1 hr
  -> Thanks Kim

agree  Ramey Rieger: cheers!// No, it tends to lack elegance, but it's perfectly appropriate here - so don't take it personally! Funny how some words just make one shudder, isn't it? Be well!
4 hrs
  -> Thanks Ramey (plump is a word I'm not too fond of!)
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Jan 25 - Changes made by Steffen Walter:
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