early wood

American  

noun

1. springwood.

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early wood Scientific  

/ ûr′lē /

1. The part of the wood in a growth ring of a tree that is produced earlier in the growing season. The cells of early wood are larger and have thinner walls than those produced later in the growing season.

2. Compare late wood

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Etymology

Origin of early wood

First recorded in 1910–15

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Example Sentences

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early wood

During the fall season, the secondary xylem develops thickened cell walls, forming late wood, or autumn wood, which is denser than early wood.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022

This is known as early wood, or spring wood.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022

Pores in early wood plugged with tyloses, collected in a few rows.

From Studies of Trees by Jacob Joshua Levison

Note also whether the late wood is very heavy and hard, showing a decided contrast to the early wood, or fairly soft and grading into the early wood without abrupt change.

From Studies of Trees by Jacob Joshua Levison

In the case of some woods like oak, ash, and chestnut, it will be found that the early wood contains many comparatively large openings, called pores, as shown in Figs.

From Studies of Trees by Jacob Joshua Levison

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