Growth rings

{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-003013",
  "term": "Growth rings",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "The layer of wood growth put on a tree during a single growing season. In the temperate zone, the annual growth rings of many species (e.g., oaks and pines) are readily distinguished because of the differences in the cells formed during the early and late parts of the season. In some temperate zone species (e.g., black gum and sweetgum) and many tropical species, annual growth rings are not easily recognized.",
  "synonyms": [
    "annual growth rings",
    "annual rings",
    "growth-rings",
    "tree growth rings",
    "tree rings",
    "tree-rings"
  ],
  "subject": "Animals, Livestock, One Health",
  "see_also": [
    "secondary xylem",
    "dendroclimatology",
    "wood checks",
    "dendroecology",
    "increment borings",
    "coarse-grained wood",
    "flat-grained wood",
    "dendrochronology",
    "earlywood",
    "latewood"
  ],
  "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": "anillos de crecimiento"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/growth-rings/"
}