diffuse-porous
[ dih-fyoos-pawr-uhs, -pohr- ]
adjectiveBotany.
having annual rings in which the size of pores is approximately the same in wood formed in spring and summer.
Origin of diffuse-porous
1First recorded in 1900–05
- Compare ring-porous.
Words Nearby diffuse-porous
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How to use diffuse-porous in a sentence
Wood: The wood of the walnut is diffuse porous, brittle, straight grained, and easily split.
Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Thirty-Eighth Annual Meeting | Northern Nut Growers AssociationIn discussing such woods it is customary to divide them into two large classes—ring-porous and diffuse-porous.
The Mechanical Properties of Wood | Samuel J. RecordThe wood is diffuse-porous, and the pores are small and not numerous.
American Forest Trees | Henry H. GibsonIt is diffuse-porous, and the springwood is scarcely distinguishable from the summerwood.
American Forest Trees | Henry H. GibsonThe wood is much like that of red gum, being diffuse-porous with obscure medullary rays, and a thin line of summerwood.
American Forest Trees | Henry H. Gibson
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