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growth ring

noun — 2 senses

growth ring

noun
1

A circular structure that forms as a living thing ages that is used or counted to estimate the age of the living thing.

2

Any of the concentric rings formed in the trunk of a tree by the annual growth of wood.

Related terms
dendrochronology

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