| 单词 | summer wood |
| 释义 | > as lemmassummer wood summer wood n. (a) woody shoots, or parts of woody shoots, produced by a tree or shrub during the summer; (b) wood produced by a tree during the summer, which forms the denser outer part of an annual ring; also called latewood. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > part of tree or woody plant > wood > [noun] > ring or layer > formed earlier or later summer wood1783 spring wood1840 autumn wood1863 latewood1872 early wood1893 1783 J. Abercrombie Compl. Wall-tree Pruner 24 In espaliers, as in wall trees, great attention should be had to keep the branches in general thinly arranged,..and the superfluous summer wood always timely displaced. 1865 Jrnl. Hort., Cottage Gardener, & Country Gentleman 12 Sept. 215/1 By reiterated close pruning of summer wood the trees assume an appearance which has been called ‘cordon’. 1874 J. L. Stewart & D. Brandis Forest Flora N.-W. & Central India 224 The pores are numerous in the inner (spring and summer) wood, and there is often a narrow belt of outer (autumn) wood without pores. 1982 P. Q. Rose Climbers & Wall Plants 77 Propagated by cuttings of soft summer wood set in sand in gentle heat. 1993 Guardian 9 Oct. (Weekend Suppl.) 59/4 Douglas fir..is usually straight-grained, but the dark summer wood produces rings that are much harder than the soft spring growth, which means that the timber splits easily when it is nailed. 2007 J. K. Casper Plants: Life from Earth vi. 113 Some scientists believe this change in ratios of spring to summer wood may account for the tonal qualities of the violins made from that wood. < as lemmas |
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