purpleheart → πορφυρό εγκάρδιο ξύλο

[eliflo]

"These top class pens are shaped from exotic woods like grenadil, rosewood or purpleheart".

[spiros]

(πορφυρό) εγκάρδιον ξύλο

Purple Heart → → αριστείο ανδρείας, στρατιωτικό μετάλλιο για τραύματα σε ενεργό υπηρεσία, χάπι δεξαμύλης, μετάλλιο ήρωα-τραυματία


Purple Heart (plural Purple Hearts)

(chiefly US, military) A US military decoration awarded in the name of the President of the United States to those who have been wounded or killed while serving on or after 5 April 1917.
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Purple_Heart

purpleheart (plural purplehearts)
A large tropical tree, of the genus Peltogyne, native to parts of South America and the West Indies
The purplish heartwood of this tree, used to make furniture
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/purpleheart

purple heart (plural purple hearts)
The drug phenobarbitone when taken recreationally.
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/purple_heart

(πορφυρό)  καρδιόξυλο


Purpleheart (Peltogyne) is a genus of 23 species of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae, native to tropical regions of Central and South America, where they occur in tropical rainforest.

They are medium-sized to large trees growing to 30-50 m tall, with trunk diameters of up to 1.5 m. The leaves are alternate, divided into a symmetrical pair of large leaflets 5-10 cm long and 2-4 cm broad. The flowers are small, with five white petals, produced in panicles. The fruit is a pod containing a single seed.

The trees are prized for their beautiful heartwood which, when cut, quickly turns from a dark brown to a rich purple color. Exposure to ultraviolet (UV) light darkens the wood to a brown color with a slight hue of the original purple. This effect can be minimized with a finish containing a UV inhibitor. The dry wood is very hard and dense with a specific gravity of 0.86 (54 lb/ft^3 or 860 kg/m^3). This wood is quite dense, and if it is to be worked, then a sharp carbide blade is required to cut it. For uses of this wood it is prized for fine inlay work, woodturning, cabinetry, and furniture. The dust can cause nausea.[citation needed] The wood is also known as amaranth and violet wood. Overharvesting has caused several species to become endangered

[wings]

εγκάρδιον ξύλο

Ναι, γιατί τα άλλα ξύλα είναι μουντρούχοι. :-)))

[spiros]

Βλέπε και εδώ όπου η γερμανική απόδοση είναι αμάρανθος:
http://ell.proz.com/kudoz/english_to_german/botany/626837-purple_heart.html

[eliflo]

Φοβερός όρος το "εγκάρδιο ξύλο", δεν τον είχα ξανακούσει!
Αλλά νομίζω ότι εδώ εννοεί το "εγκάρδιο ξύλο" του κορμού της συγκεκριμένης κατηγορίας φυτών.
Αν ισχύει το αμάρανθος, θα πρέπει να είναι κάτι σαν "εγκάρδιο ξύλο αμάρανθου";;!!
Τώρα μπερδεύτηκα λίγο!

[spiros]

Ξανακοίταξε την απάντηση:

(πορφυρό) εγκάρδιο ξύλο

(πορφυρό) καρδιόξυλο

[eliflo]

Ναι, νομίζω το κατάλαβα.
Αναφέρεται στο είδος του ξύλου κι όχι σε συγκεκριμένο φυτό.
Άλλωστε και το rosewood (ροδόξυλο) είναι: "το ξύλο διάφορων δέντρων που έχει χαραχτηριστικό ρόδινο χρώμα".
Σ' ευχαριστώ πολύ!