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Tech/Engineering - Forestry / Wood / Timber | | German term or phrase: Sabinaholz | This is a type of wood found on Ibiza. I have seen in translated as 'Sabina wood' and as 'juniper' on Google, but am not convinced by either. My text is about the renovation of a mill in Santa Eulària.
Diese Firma..wird die Mauern stärken, die ursprüngliche Struktur aus Sabinaholz wieder herstellen...
Thanks for any enlightenment you can offer. |
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| | Savin or Sabina wood ( = Juniper species) | Explanation:
As per Encyclopedia Britannica:....An important ornamental and timber tree of eastern North America is the eastern red cedar (q.v.; J. virginiana), whose fragrant wood is made into cabinets, fence posts, and pencils. The savin (J. sabina) of central Europe, Chinese juniper (J. chinensis) of eastern Asia, and creeping juniper (J. horizontalis) of eastern North America are other popular ornamental species with many horticultural varieties. The wood of incense, or Spanish, juniper (J. thurifera), of Spain and Portugal, and of Phoenician juniper (J. phoenicea) of the Mediterranean region sometimes is burned as incense. |
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 Erich Friese
Australia
Local time: 05:10
| Grading comment Thank you, Erich
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56 mins confidence:   peer agreement (net): +2 | Savin or Sabina wood ( = Juniper species)
Explanation:
As per Encyclopedia Britannica:....An important ornamental and timber tree of eastern North America is the eastern red cedar (q.v.; J. virginiana), whose fragrant wood is made into cabinets, fence posts, and pencils. The savin (J. sabina) of central Europe, Chinese juniper (J. chinensis) of eastern Asia, and creeping juniper (J. horizontalis) of eastern North America are other popular ornamental species with many horticultural varieties. The wood of incense, or Spanish, juniper (J. thurifera), of Spain and Portugal, and of Phoenician juniper (J. phoenicea) of the Mediterranean region sometimes is burned as incense.
| Erich Friese
Australia
Local time: 05:10
Native speaker of:  German, English
PRO pts in category: 12
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Asker: Many thanks, Erich
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