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diffuse-porous

[ dih-fyoos-pawr-uhs, -pohr- ]

adjective

, Botany.
  1. having annual rings in which the size of pores is approximately the same in wood formed in spring and summer.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of diffuse-porous1

First recorded in 1900–05
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Example Sentences

Wood: The wood of the walnut is diffuse porous, brittle, straight grained, and easily split.

In discussing such woods it is customary to divide them into two large classes—ring-porous and diffuse-porous.

The wood is diffuse-porous, and the pores are small and not numerous.

It is diffuse-porous, and the springwood is scarcely distinguishable from the summerwood.

The wood is much like that of red gum, being diffuse-porous with obscure medullary rays, and a thin line of summerwood.

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