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Sanio's law

Sanio's law proper noun: any of a series of observations on a pattern in the size of xylem tracheids, increasing in size from the top of a tree to a certain height, after which they decrease again to the base of the tree. These laws generally hold true for coniferous woods.

Proper noun

Sanio's law (plural Sanio's laws)

  1. Any of a series of observations on a pattern in the size of xylem tracheids, increasing in size from the top of a tree to a certain height, after which they decrease again to the base of the tree. These laws generally hold true for coniferous woods.

Forms of Sanio's law

pluralSanio's laws

Origin of Sanio's law

Published by Prussian botanist Karl Gustav Sanio (1832–1891).

Questions about Sanio's law

What does Sanio's law mean?
Sanio's law means any of a series of observations on a pattern in the size of xylem tracheids, increasing in size from the top of a tree to a certain height, after which they decrease again to the base of the tree. These laws generally hold true for coniferous woods.
What part of speech is Sanio's law?
Sanio's law is a proper noun.

Words near Sanio's law in the dictionary

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  3. sanigerone
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  8. sanipractic
  9. sanipractor
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  11. Sanis

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