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tree trunk

Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-006509

The main stem of a tree of substantial diameter - roughly, capable of yielding sawtimber, veneer logs, or large poles. Seedlings, saplings, and small-diameter trees have stems, not boles.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-AGR-006509
FieldAgriculture and food
SubjectAnimals, Livestock, One Health
Synonymsbole; boles; trunks (plants)
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 alsoplant anatomy; stumps
TranslationsSpanish: tronco de los árboles
Record as JSON
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  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-006509",
  "term": "tree trunk",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "The main stem of a tree of substantial diameter - roughly, capable of yielding sawtimber, veneer logs, or large poles. Seedlings, saplings, and small-diameter trees have stems, not boles.",
  "synonyms": [
    "bole",
    "boles",
    "trunks (plants)"
  ],
  "subject": "Animals, Livestock, One Health",
  "see_also": [
    "plant anatomy",
    "stumps"
  ],
  "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": "tronco de los árboles"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/tree-trunk/"
}

Record 6,509 of 6,908 in Agriculture and food terminology (MLC-0114). Request the full dataset.