earlywood
/ˈɜrliwʊd/
noun
- The part of a tree's annual growth ring that forms in the spring, typically lighter in color and less dense than latewood.
- Earlywood is usually softer and more porous than the darker latewood.
- Woodworkers can identify the age of a tree by counting the layers of earlywood and latewood.
- The light band in this cross-section is the earlywood, formed during the rapid growth of spring.
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