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GROWTH RING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does growth ring mean?
• GROWTH RING (noun)
The noun GROWTH RING has 1 sense:
1. an annual formation of wood in plants as they grow
Familiarity information: GROWTH RING used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An annual formation of wood in plants as they grow
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Synonyms:
annual ring; growth ring
Hypernyms ("growth ring" is a kind of...):
organic phenomenon ((biology) a natural phenomenon involving living plants and animals)
Context examples
A growth ring that is discontinuous around the stem so that it is absent along certain radii; also referred to as a partial ring or missing ring.
(Locally absent ring, NOAA Paleoclimate Glossary)
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