bosgoed
English translation: bushes
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| 01:57 Apr 9, 2003 |
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|  Selected response from: Chris Hopley Netherlands Local time: 00:28 | ||||||
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| 4 +1 | bushes |
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| 5 -1 | trees |
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| 4 | forest flora; silviculture plants |
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| 4 | bushy plants |
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| 3 -1 | woodplants |
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3 hrs confidence: 
peer agreement (net): -1
peer agreement (net): -1woodplants Explanation: plants growing wild in the woods. |
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4 hrs confidence: peer agreement (net): -1
peer agreement (net): -1trees Explanation: keep it simple what they really mean is everything that isn't a shrub or a conifer but which is a tree |
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4 hrs confidence:
forest flora; silviculture plants Explanation: just a guess Van Dale: bosflora = forest flora boscultuur = silviculture |
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5 hrs confidence:
bushy plants Explanation: 'Bosgoed', I believe, is used here to name items (plants/vegitation) that grow in the shape of a bush, so a lot of individual stalks/branches grouped together like a bundle. |
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8 hrs confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1bushes Explanation: In gardening, you would simply refer to this type of plant as 'bushes'. So the sentence would translate as 'watering shrubs, bushes and conifers'. Alan Titchmarsh |
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