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diffuse-porous
[ dih-fyoos-pawr-uhs, -pohr- ]
adjective
- having annual rings in which the size of pores is approximately the same in wood formed in spring and summer.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of diffuse-porous1
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Example Sentences
Wood: The wood of the walnut is diffuse porous, brittle, straight grained, and easily split.
In discussing such woods it is customary to divide them into two large classes—ring-porous and diffuse-porous.
The wood is diffuse-porous, and the pores are small and not numerous.
It is diffuse-porous, and the springwood is scarcely distinguishable from the summerwood.
The wood is much like that of red gum, being diffuse-porous with obscure medullary rays, and a thin line of summerwood.
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