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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.

Etymology

Origin of ring-porous

First recorded in 1900–05

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