Definition of Latewood

1. a part of an annual ring of wood [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Latewood

lateroposition
lateropulsion
lateropulsions
laterotorsion
laterotrusion
lateroversion
laters
lates
latescence
latescent
latest
latests
latewake
latewakes
lateward
latewood (current term)
latewoods
latex
latex agglutination
latex agglutination test
latex fixation test
latex fixation tests
latex paint
latexes
latexwear
lath
lath-shaped
lath and plaster
lathe
lathe carrier

Literary usage of Latewood

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Shropshire Parish Registers by Shropshire Parish Register Society, William Phillimore Watts Phillimore (1903)
"James, s. of Thomas latewood and Sarah ... ... ... bap. „ June 5. Charles, s. of Thomas latewood and ... Sarah, w. of Thomas latewood ... bur. „ Sept. 5. ..."

2. Proceedings: Symposium on Fire in Wilderness and Park Management edited by James K. Brown, Robert W. Mutch, Charles W. Spoon, Ronald H. Wakimoto (1996)
"Dormant season scars in the Sierra Nevada region were interpreted to have occurred in the calendar year corresponding to the adjacent latewood cells. ..."

3. Proceedings of the 11th Annual Pacific Climate (PACLIM) Workshop edited by Caroline M. Isaacs, Vera L. Tharp (1995)
"Tree- m and two maximum latewood density chronologies, which have a similar A ... The PNW model p uses the three latewood density chronologies (Figure 2c). ..."

4. Biodiversity and the Management of the Madrean Archipelago: The Sky Islands edited by Leonard F. DeBano (1999)
"Fire scars were noted as occurring in: the dormant season (D) between the latewood of the previous year and earlywood of the current year; ..."

5. Surface Temperature Reconstructions for the Last 2,000 Years by National Research Council (U.S.) (2006)
"Dendroclimatic studies of past surface temperature are mostly based on ring width or maximum latewood density; the latter usually has a higher correlation ..."

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