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woundwood

woundwood noun: lignified, differentiated tissues produced on woody plants as a response to wounding.

Noun

woundwood (uncountable)

  1. lignified, differentiated tissues produced on woody plants as a response to wounding
    • When pruning a tree, stub cuts delay wound closure and can provide entry to canker fungi that kill the cambium, delaying or preventing woundwood formation.
    Synonyms:
    callus tissue

Synonyms of woundwood

  • callus tissue

Origin of woundwood

From wound + wood.

Questions about woundwood

What does woundwood mean?
Woundwood means lignified, differentiated tissues produced on woody plants as a response to wounding.
What part of speech is woundwood?
Woundwood is a noun.

Words near woundwood in the dictionary

  1. woundlessness
  2. woundlike
  3. wounds
  4. woundsome
  5. woundussy
  6. woundwood
  7. woundwort
  8. woundworts
  9. woundy
  10. wourali
  11. wourari

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