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.

Word History and Origins

Origin of diffuse-porous¹

First recorded in 1900–05

Example Sentences

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

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

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

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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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