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silver-grain

silver-grain noun: the appearance in radial longitudinal section of exogenous wood, especially oak, due to shining plates of the medullary rays.

Noun

silver-grain (uncountable)

  1. The appearance in radial longitudinal section of exogenous wood, especially oak, due to shining plates of the medullary rays.

Questions about silver-grain

What does silver-grain mean?
Silver-grain means the appearance in radial longitudinal section of exogenous wood, especially oak, due to shining plates of the medullary rays.
What part of speech is silver-grain?
Silver-grain is a noun.

Words near silver-grain in the dictionary

  1. silver-duns
  2. silver-feast
  3. silver-feasts
  4. silver-foxy
  5. silver-gilt
  6. silver-grain
  7. silver-gray
  8. silver-grays
  9. silver-grey
  10. silver-greys
  11. silver-haired

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