Definition of growth ring
: a layer of wood (such as an annual ring) produced during a single period of growth
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Certain types including oak show cellular-level damage when swamped, and which is visible in the trees’ growth rings, providing an annual record of when the river overflowed.
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Inundate an oak tree for a couple weeks and that year’s growth ring will show damage at the cellular level.
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First Known Use of growth ring
1907
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