wetwood
English
Etymology
wet + wood
Noun
wetwood
- (phytopathology) Wood with a darkened or wet appearance resulting from abnormally high water content or a bacterial infection.
- 1980, J. C. Ward, Wetwood in trees: a timber resource problem, page 8:
- Even though considerable data may show that a species in class 1 is not susceptible to wetwood formation, it may be important to continue looking for exceptions.
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See also
- bacterial wetwood
- slime flux