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Tension wood

Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-006291

Abnormal wood found in leaning trees of some hardwood species and characterized by the presence of gelatinous fibers and excessive longitudinal shrinkage. Tension wood may cause warping.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-AGR-006291
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 (CC BY 4.0)
See alsoReaction wood
TranslationsSpanish: madera de tensión
Record as JSON
{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-006291",
  "term": "Tension wood",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "Abnormal wood found in leaning trees of some hardwood species and characterized by the presence of gelatinous fibers and excessive longitudinal shrinkage. Tension wood may cause warping.",
  "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 tensión"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/tension-wood/"
}

Record 6,193 of 6,798 in Agriculture and food terminology (MLC-0114). Request the full dataset.