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compression wood

Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-001455

Abnormal wood formed on the lower side of branches and inclined trunks of softwood trees. Compression wood shrinks excessively longitudinally, compared with normal wood.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-AGR-001455
FieldAgriculture and food
SubjectAnimals, Livestock, One Health
ReferencesForest Products Laboratory. 2010. Wood handbook - Wood as an engineering material. Gen. Tech. Rep. FPL-GTR-190. Madison, WI: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory; NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary
See alsoreaction wood
TranslationsSpanish: madera de compresión
Record as JSON
{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-001455",
  "term": "compression wood",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "Abnormal wood formed on the lower side of branches and inclined trunks of softwood trees. Compression wood shrinks excessively longitudinally, compared with normal wood.",
  "subject": "Animals, Livestock, One Health",
  "see_also": [
    "reaction wood"
  ],
  "references": [
    "Forest Products Laboratory. 2010. Wood handbook - Wood as an engineering material. Gen. Tech. Rep. FPL-GTR-190. Madison, WI: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory",
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "madera de compresión"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/compression-wood/"
}

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