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reaction wood

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.45 in modern English

Syllables
re-ac-tion -wood
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Wood that forms (in a woody plant) in response to gravity, which differs from normal wood in ways that give it additional strength so that a branch (etc) can resist bending downward or breaking.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

reaction woods (plural)

Questions

What does reaction wood mean?
Wood that forms (in a woody plant) in response to gravity, which differs from normal wood in ways that give it additional strength so that a branch (etc) can resist bending downward or breaking.

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