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close-grained

[klohs-greynd]
–adjective
(of wood) fine in texture or having inconspicuous annual rings.

Origin:
1745–55
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close-grained   (klōs'grānd')
adj.  Dense or compact in structure or texture, as a wood composed of small-diameter cells.
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