early wood

noun

early wood

/ ûr′lē /

The part of the wood in a growth ring of a tree that is produced earlier in the growing season. The cells of early wood are larger and have thinner walls than those produced later in the growing season.
Compare late wood

First recorded in 1910–15

If early wood-engravings interest you, there are several works to which you may turn for guidance.

Pores in early wood in a broad band, oval in shape, mostly free from tyloses.

Pores varying in size from rather large to minute, the largest being in the early wood.

Pores in early wood in a rather broad band (occasionally narrow), oval in shape, see Fig. 148, tyloses present.

Change from early wood to late wood is gradual and the difference in density is not great.

April 18, 2024petrichor

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