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Growth ring

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annual ringnounThe layer of wood, observed as one of many concentric rings when cut, formed during one year of a plant's growth
tree ringnounThe annual growth ring in the trunk of a tree.
tracheidogramnoun(dendrochronology) A plot of the radial diameters of tracheids across an annual growth ring of a tree.
medullary raynoun(botany) any of the bands of cells in various trees extending across the wood from the pith to the bark
branchnounThe woody part of a tree arising from the trunk and usually dividing.
torusnoun(geometry) The standard representation of such a space in 3-dimensional Euclidean space: a surface or solid formed by rotating a closed curve, especially a circle, about a line which lies in the same plane but does not intersect it (e.g. like a ring doughnut).
fairy ringnoun(folklore) A place where fairies congregate in a ring, particularly in order to dance.
endogennoun(botany) A plant which increases in size by internal growth and elongation at the summit, having the wood in the form of bundles or threads, irregularly distributed throughout the whole diameter, not forming annual layers, and with no distinct pith.
annular zonenoun(mycology) A ring of fibers on the stem of a mushroom that is not well enough defined to be called an annulus.
tree trunknoun(botany) The main structural member of a tree.
annulusnounA ring- or donut-shaped area, object, or structure.
circinationnoun(botany) A circular growth or foliation.
treeingnounA tree-like pattern or formation.
arborizationnounAny branching, treelike shape or formation.
tree hollownounA semienclosed cavity which has naturally formed in the trunk or branch of a tree.
graftnoun(horticulture) A small shoot or scion of a tree inserted in another tree, the stock of which is to support and nourish it. The two unite and become one tree, but the graft determines the kind of fruit.
exogenynounGrowth on the outside or near the surface.
rhytidomenoun(botany) The dead layers of plant bark (undergoing or having undergone secondary growth) external to that of the last formed periderm http://i.word.com/idictionary/rhytidome.
reiterateverb(transitive) To say or do (something) for a second time, such as for emphasis.
fruitwoodnounThe wood of any fruit tree, particularly hardwood from species such as pear and cherry, that is valued for furniture, woodcuts and other applications.

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