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summerwood
(redirected from latewood)

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sum·mer·wood  (smr-wd)
n.
Wood that is produced during the latter part of the growing season and is harder and less porous than springwood.

summerwood [ˈsʌməˌwʊd]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) the wood that is produced by a plant near the end of the growing season: consists of small thick-walled xylem cells Compare springwood


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Checks were predominately found in the latewood bands (Figure 2) and their number generally increased over time, while check length and width remained uniform.
These factors include soil and climate conditions, density differences between the early wood and latewood and compression and tension reactions during the growth cycle.
 
 
 
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