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αγριοτσικουδιά

English translation: terebinth, turpentine tree

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Greek term or phrase:αγριοτσικουδιά
English translation:terebinth, turpentine tree
Entered by: Vicky Papaprodromou

13:07 Jun 5, 2008
Greek to English translations [PRO]
Science - Botany / new road construction
Greek term or phrase: αγριοτσικουδιά
άλλο ένα φοβερό φυτό που λατινικά ονομάζεται Pistacia terebinthus.
Tetta
Greece
Local time: 05:51
teberinth, turpentine tree
Explanation:
Terebinth (Pistacia terebinthus) also called turpentine tree is a species of Pistacia, native to the Mediterranean region from the western regions of Morocco, Portugal and the Canary Islands, to the eastern regions of Turkey and Syria.

It is a small deciduous tree or large shrub growing to 10 m tall. The leaves are compound, 10-20 cm long, odd pinnate with five to eleven opposite glossy oval leaflets, the leaflets 2-6 cm long and 1-3 cm broad. The flowers are reddish-purple, appearing with the new leaves in early spring. The fruit consists of small, globular drupes 5-7 mm long, red to black when ripe. All parts of the plant have a strong resinous smell.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terebinth
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Vicky Papaprodromou
Greece
Local time: 05:51
Grading comment
Thank you, Vicky
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5 +3teberinth, turpentine tree
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teberinth, turpentine tree


Explanation:
Terebinth (Pistacia terebinthus) also called turpentine tree is a species of Pistacia, native to the Mediterranean region from the western regions of Morocco, Portugal and the Canary Islands, to the eastern regions of Turkey and Syria.

It is a small deciduous tree or large shrub growing to 10 m tall. The leaves are compound, 10-20 cm long, odd pinnate with five to eleven opposite glossy oval leaflets, the leaflets 2-6 cm long and 1-3 cm broad. The flowers are reddish-purple, appearing with the new leaves in early spring. The fruit consists of small, globular drupes 5-7 mm long, red to black when ripe. All parts of the plant have a strong resinous smell.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terebinth

Vicky Papaprodromou
Greece
Local time: 05:51
Native speaker of: Native in GreekGreek
PRO pts in category: 28
Grading comment
Thank you, Vicky

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Spiros Doikas
27 mins
  -> Thanks.
agree  Rachel Fell: n.b. glossary entry is misspelt... (terebinth)
20 hrs
  -> Thanks, Rachel.
agree  Evi Prokopi (X)
1 day 1 hr
  -> Ευχαριστώ, Εύη.
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