English Explanatory Dictionary

growth ring

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A circular structure that forms as a living thing ages that is used or counted to estimate the age of the living thing.
Any of the concentric rings formed in the trunk of a tree by the annual growth of wood.

Word forms

growth ring growth rings

Synonyms

tree ring annual ring

Related words

dendrochronology

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