Burl wood

{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-000958",
  "term": "Burl wood",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "A hard, woody outgrowth on a tree, more or less rounded in form, usually resulting from the entwined growth of a cluster of adventitious buds. Such burls are the source of the highly figured burl veneers used for purely ornamental purposes.",
  "subject": "Research, Technology, Methods",
  "see_also": [
    "grain and figure",
    "wood products",
    "wood spalting"
  ],
  "references": [
    "Forest Products Laboratory. 1999. Wood handbook - Wood as an engineering material. Gen. Tech. Rep. FPL-GTR-113. Madison, WI: U.S.D.A, Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory. 463 p.",
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "lupia"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/burl-wood/"
}