Summerwood

Description

The denser portion of the xylem formed in the slow, later summer growing period of a tree. Summerwood is also called latewood. The latewood portion of the growth ring is often darker than the earlywood region, thus providing good delineation of the rings.

Synonyms and Related Terms

latewood; bois d't (Fr.); madera tarda (Esp.); de verano (Esp.); lenho de Outono (Port.); legno tardivo (It.)

Authority

• Mary-Lou Florian, Dale Paul Kronkright, Ruth E. Norton, Mary-Lou Florian, Dale Paul Kronkright, Ruth E. Norton, The Conservation of Artifacts Made from Plant Materials, The Getty Conservation Institute, Los Angeles, 1990

• Dictionary of Building Preservation, Ward Bucher, ed., John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York City, 1996

• The Dictionary of Paper, American Paper Institute, New York, Fourth Edition, 1980

• Random House, Random House, Webster's Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language, Grammercy Book, New York, 1997

• The American Heritage Dictionary or Encarta, via Microsoft Bookshelf 98, Microsoft Corp., 1998