compression wood

English

Noun

compression wood (countable and uncountable, plural compression woods)

  1. Reaction wood, in gymnosperms and amborella, that forms on the side of the part which is under compression and straightens its bend, and which has a lower percentage of cellulose and a higher percentage of lignin than normal wood.
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