ring-porous

[ ring-pawr-uhs, -pohr- ]

adjective

, Botany.

1. having annual rings marked by a conspicuous band of large pores in wood formed in spring.

Word History and Origins

Origin of ring-porous¹

First recorded in 1900–05

Example Sentences

In discussing such woods it is customary to divide them into two large classes—ring-porous and diffuse-porous.

From Project Gutenberg

A wood with its large pores collected into one row or in a single band is said to be ring-porous.

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Such woods are called “ring porous,” and the oaks are best examples.

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The wood is ring-porous, that is, the inner edge of the yearly growth ring has a row of large pores.

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That would represent the ring-porous woods, and the large tubes would be called vessels, or trache.

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