It is a weak wood with low decay resistance and moderate dimensional stability, the major use
...r throughout Europe but no longer factory-built. However, the wood's open grain, flexibility and light weight make it a popular choice for amateur builders
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...nt, but is much softer than [[Black Walnut]] wood. Oiled, the grain of the wood usually shows much light. It is often used to make [[furniture]], and is a
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The [[timber]] is an excellent cabinetry timber with strong, tough, close grain. It is a soft pink and can be polished to a fine sheen. It is used for cab
[[Category:Wood]]
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...ial derived from [[woody plant]]s, notably [[tree]]s but also [[shrub]]s. Wood from the latter is only produced in small sizes, reducing the diversity of
...] of a woody plant, but this is an approximation only: in the wider sense, wood may refer to other materials and tissues with comparable properties.
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Chalcas (from Greek for copper, as the wood has a copper-colored grain). Murraea of Koenig. Rutaceae. Small spineless trees or shrubs, suggested a
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It is an excellent [[cabinetry]] timber with strong, tough, close grain. It is a soft pink, often figured and can be polished to a fine [[wikt:shee
[[Category:Wood]]
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...s yellowish white in color; the old wood is dark brown and has a beautiful grain.
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...—The wood, according to Issa Tanimura, is dense and heavy with deep yellow grain; tree commonly cult. in Japan for ornament, to make utensils, and for food;
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...s used as condiments. The wood is very hard and of interesting texture and grain.
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Diospyros (Dios, Jove's, pyros, grain; alluding to its edible fruit). Ebenaceae. Persimmon. Ebony. Woody plants g
...half-ripened wood or by layers; the tropical species by cuttings of mature wood in spring, with bottom heat; the fruit-bearing varieties are usually grafte
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...f a pale yellowish color: remarkable for hardness and strength, heavy, the grain close and twisted: shrinks but little and does not check while seasoning: s
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Sporobolus (Greek, spora, seed, and ballein, to cast forth, referring to the grain readily falling from the spikelet). Gramineae. Dropseed. Spikelets 1-fld.,
* ''[[Sporobolus vaginaeflorus]]'' <small>(Torr.) Wood</small> (or ''[[Sporobolus vaginiflorus|S. vaginiflorus]]'') – [[Shea
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...has a wooden appearance. Gourd "wood" is essentially cellulose that has no grain, varying in thickness from paper-thin to well over an inch. Drying gourds,
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...rnem.]]'' and ''[[Vicia narbonensis]]'' are cultivated as [[forage]] and [[grain legume]] for livestock or [[green manure]]. ''[[Vicia villosa]]'', ''[[Vici
''[[Vicia sylvatica]]'' (Wood Vetch)<br/>
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[[Podocarpaceae]] - Yellow-wood family<br>
...nse economic value, primarily for [[timber]] and [[paper]] production; the wood of conifers is known as [[softwood]]. The division contains approximately
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...s that were the traditional field boundaries in lowland [[England]]. The [[wood]] was traditionally grown as [[coppice]], the poles cut being used for [[wa
...have also used the wood of the hazelnut in the making of arrows. The fine grain and tendency to grow with fairly straight shoots makes them suitable shaft
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Dates can also be dehydrated, ground and mixed with grain to form a nutritious stockfeed. Dried dates are fed to camels, horses and d
[[Image:Phoenix dactylifera3.jpg|left|thumb|Date Palm stump showing the wood structure]]
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...arching to pendulous [[inflorescence]] 30–50 cm long. The [[seed]] is a [[grain]] (caryopsis) 5–12 mm long and 2–3 mm thick.
...Asia|South]] and [[Southeast Asia]], making it the most consumed [[cereal grain]]. Rice is the world's largest crop (700 million metric tons in 2005), with
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...hin bounds as to numbers. They can be kept in check by the use of poisoned grain in winter. Some persons object to this practice from sentimental reasons, b
...tripped bare by the larva of a little moth (Tortrix viridana), whereas the wood at Seebach with its nesting-boxes was untouched. At a distance of a little
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...evelop around ovules which are fertilized by the male gamete from a pollen grain.
...es which produce but little fruit. Cover-crops of vetch or clover and some grain as oats or barley, sown in August, will supply much-needed humus and about
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