ring-porous

American  

[ring-pawr-uhs, -pohr-] / ˈrɪŋˈpɔr əs, -ˈpoʊr- /

adjective

Botany.

1. having annual rings marked by a conspicuous band of large pores in wood formed in spring.

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Etymology

Origin of ring-porous

First recorded in 1900–05

Example Sentences

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ring-porous

A wood with its large pores collected into one row or in a single band is said to be ring-porous.

From Studies of Trees by Jacob Joshua Levison

If the pores are readily visible, the wood is from a broadleaf tree; if the large pores are collected in a ring it belongs to the ring-porous division of the broadleaf woods.

From Studies of Trees by Jacob Joshua Levison

In the case of the ring-porous hardwoods there seems to exist a pretty definite relation between the rate of growth of timber and its properties.

From The Mechanical Properties of Wood Including a Discussion of the Factors Affecting the Mechanical Properties, and Methods of Timber Testing by Samuel J. Record

This, it must be remembered, applies only to ring-porous woods such as oak, ash, hickory, and others of the same group, and is, of course, subject to some exceptions and limitations.

From The Mechanical Properties of Wood Including a Discussion of the Factors Affecting the Mechanical Properties, and Methods of Timber Testing by Samuel J. Record

Looking thru the microscope at a cross-section of ash, a ring-porous wood, Fig.

From Wood and Forest by William Noyes