senvuxen furu

English translation: slowgrowing tree/slowgrown wood

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Swedish term or phrase:senvuxet träd/senvuxet trä
English translation:slowgrowing tree/slowgrown wood
Entered by: Mats Wiman

18:14 Jun 27, 2002
Swedish to English translations [PRO]
Furniture / Household Appliances / furniture
Swedish term or phrase: senvuxen furu
'Virket i sig är senvuxen furu...'

Is the term 'late-maturing' applicable to wood used in furniture making?
Angela Valenti (X)
Local time: 12:35
slow-growing pine(wood)
Explanation:
or
late-matured

" 40 ft Form: rounded Type: narrow-leaved evergreen tree Annual Growth Rate: less than 12 inches Comments: Japanese White Pine is a slow-growing tree that can be ..."

"Möbler av massiv senvuxen fjällfura
Materialet vi använder är senvuxen fjällfura. Ett träd som bara växer i omfång under några korta sommarmånader varje år.
Furnitures of genuine slow-growing mountain pine
The material we use is late-matured Northern pine, a tree which only grows circumference during a few short months in the summer each year."
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5slowgrown
George Hopkins
4slowgrown pinewood
Mats Wiman
4slow-growing pine(wood)
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slowgrown pinewood


Explanation:
or
slowgrown pine
or
slowgrown redwood


    Norstedts Skribent+Engstr�m+MW
Mats Wiman
Sweden
Local time: 12:35
Native speaker of: Native in SwedishSwedish
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slow-growing pine(wood)


Explanation:
or
late-matured

" 40 ft Form: rounded Type: narrow-leaved evergreen tree Annual Growth Rate: less than 12 inches Comments: Japanese White Pine is a slow-growing tree that can be ..."

"Möbler av massiv senvuxen fjällfura
Materialet vi använder är senvuxen fjällfura. Ett träd som bara växer i omfång under några korta sommarmånader varje år.
Furnitures of genuine slow-growing mountain pine
The material we use is late-matured Northern pine, a tree which only grows circumference during a few short months in the summer each year."



    Reference: http://www.vemdalia.se/butik/startkat.htm
    Reference: http://www.msue.msu.edu/msue/imp/modzz/00001115.html
CCW
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agree  Fredrik Larsson
10 hrs

disagree  Mats Wiman: late-matured is not used for wood except by Vemdalia. AND: A tree is slow-growing, wood as a material is slow-GROWN.
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slowgrown


Explanation:
Engström. Ie, past tense senvuxet!

George Hopkins
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