An annual formation of wood in plants as they grow.
1 Another year, another growth ring in the trees, in the ear-stones of fishes.
2 Water deficit influenced occurrence of distinct growth ring boundaries in roots of Q. ilex and Q. robur.
3 Outside the library, ANC placards in the party's black, green and gold promising economic growth ring hollow.
4 In diffuse-porous woods the pores are scattered throughout the growth ring instead of being collected in a band or row.
5 Within limits, these layers can be read about as the growth rings of trees are read.
6 It is often said that you can age a tortoise by counting growth rings on its shell.
7 T is for Trout whose scales have growth rings and can be read just like a tree's.
8 Upon the whole, however, as a tree gets larger in diameter the width of the growth rings decreases.
9 Toheroa are generally larger than tuatua and have a rougher shell, tinged with grey or blue growth rings .
10 Sea lions accumulate annual growth bands in their teeth, just as a tree has growth rings in its trunk.
11 The ice appeared to be many years old; some formations had " growth rings . " ADVERTISEMENT Thanks for watching!
12 In the latter case it is quite probable that the wood would split straight, the line of cleavage being between the growth rings .
13 Moreover, the smaller the specimen the fewer growth rings it contains, hence there is greater opportunity for variation due to irregularities of grain.
14 Wood usually splits more readily along the radius than parallel to the growth rings though exceptions occur, as in the case of cross grain.
15 They can be aged by studying growth rings on their shells, which is how we know they are the longest lived vertebrate on record.
16 And even if you didn't show it much on the surface, the years were there somewhere inside you, like growth rings in a tree.
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