Flat-grained wood

{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-002536",
  "term": "Flat-grained wood",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "Lumber that has been sawn parallel to the pith and approximately tangent to the growth rings. Lumber is considered flat grained when the annual growth rings make an angle of less than 45 degrees with the surface of the piece.",
  "synonyms": [
    "flat-grained lumber",
    "flat-sawn wood",
    "plain-sawn wood",
    "side-grained wood"
  ],
  "subject": "Research, Technology, Methods",
  "see_also": [
    "grain and figure",
    "coarse-grained wood",
    "growth rings"
  ],
  "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": "madera de grano plano"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/flat-grained-wood/"
}