growth ring
noun
: a layer of wood (such as an annual ring) produced during a single period of growth
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Their growth rings are narrow, their wood dense and their architecture asymmetrical.
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Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 27 Apr. 2025
Last year, researchers with Historic England used dendrochronology—a method of measuring tree growth rings—to date the Ashes.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Apr. 2025
The fresh cuts across a log would expose the growth rings, marking the years that a tree had stood.
—Rev. Steve Larson, Twin Cities, 28 Jan. 2024
Join 7 others in the comments View Comments In these trees, growth rings that dated back to around 2900 BC were unusually close together, suggesting a poor growing season.
—Mindy Weisberger, CNN, 23 Jan. 2025
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Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 27 Apr. 2025
Last year, researchers with Historic England used dendrochronology—a method of measuring tree growth rings—to date the Ashes.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Apr. 2025
The fresh cuts across a log would expose the growth rings, marking the years that a tree had stood.
—Rev. Steve Larson, Twin Cities, 28 Jan. 2024
Join 7 others in the comments View Comments In these trees, growth rings that dated back to around 2900 BC were unusually close together, suggesting a poor growing season.
—Mindy Weisberger, CNN, 23 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for growth ring
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“Growth ring.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/growth%20ring. Accessed 13 Jul. 2025.
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