: the layer of wood produced by a single year's growth of a woody plant
Examples of annual ring in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the WebIn the broad scheme of things, the Bulls’ annual ring ceremony doesn’t mean much.—Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 16 Feb. 2023 Under ideal conditions, trees grow quickly, leaving wide annual rings behind.—Erin Blakemore, National Geographic, 8 July 2019 Tree rings are particularly diligent record-keepers, recording rainfall in their annual rings; ice cores can keep exquisitely detailed accounts of seasonal conditions going back nearly a million years.—Rachel E. Gross, Smithsonian, 16 Apr. 2018
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