early wood
Americannoun
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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.
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Compare late wood
Etymology
Origin of early wood
First recorded in 1910–15
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This is known as early wood, or spring wood.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
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
Pores in early wood plugged with tyloses, collected in a few rows.
From Studies of Trees by Jacob Joshua Levison
Pores in early wood not large and mostly in a single row, Fig.
From Studies of Trees by Jacob Joshua Levison
If pores appear, their arrangement, both in the early wood and in the late wood, should be carefully noted; also whether the pores are open or filled with a froth-like substance known as tyloses.
From Studies of Trees by Jacob Joshua Levison
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