what's a burl called in Croatian ?

[gmh]

Here's a picture of a burl. It's a tumorous type growth on a tree, that when milled produces highly figured wood.
Anyone know what this is called in Croatian ?

[BrankoL]

We call it in northern Croatia "guba". My father, who was a beekeeper, used to burn it in the beehives to smoke out the bees (so he could collect honey).

[gmh]

I think Guba is just a fungus that grows on the tree. Burl is an actual deformation of the wood itself.
Thanks for trying though.
Maybe just 'kvrge' ?

[crojoe]

What’s all the fuss about a tree knot? Someone getting into forestation, the wood industry or smoking it?

[boris]

Izraslina na drvetu, maybe?

[MartinM]

'čvor', 'kvrga'

'burl' is North American English
'burr' is British English

In Aus. and NZ it means something else, gmh??

'guba' is a fungus.

For expert translations try:

www.proz.com/

[gmh]

Čvor is what we call a knot, which is not the same thing as a burl.
We use the word burl in Australia and not burr, and it is exactly as I've shown it to be in the pictures.
I'm leaning towards kvrga but I guess I won't know for sure until I can stand next to a tree with one at the same time as a Croatian who knows something about trees and wood.

Google translate gives 'zvr' as the translation for 'burr' but my wife swears that's not a word in Croatian

Crojoe, burls are quite sort after by woodturners and woodworkers in general because of their unique grain pattern.

Boris, do a google image search for the term you provided and you'll see some disturbing images !