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NAL Agricultural Thesaurus
U.S. Department of Agriculture

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Economics, Trade, Law, Business, Industry > products and commodities > nonfood products > nonfood plant products > wood products > wood > softwood
Economics, Trade, Law, Business, Industry > products and commodities > agricultural products > plant products > nonfood plant products > wood products > wood > softwood
Plant Production, Gardening > plant products > nonfood plant products > wood products > wood > softwood
Forestry, Wildland Management > forest products > wood products > wood > softwood
Economics, Trade, Law, Business, Industry > products and commodities > agricultural products > plant products > forest products > wood products > wood > softwood
Plant Production, Gardening > plant products > forest products > wood products > wood > softwood
Preferred Term:

softwood

Definition:
Generally, one of the botanical groups of trees that have no vessels and in most cases have needlelike or scalelike leaves, the conifers, also the wood produced by such trees. The term has no reference to the actual hardness of the wood.
Concept Schemes:
NALT Full
NALT Core
Broader Concept:
wood
Related Concepts:
Entry Terms:
  • soft wood
URI:
https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/63327
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RDF/XMLCreated 2006-01-19, last modified 2019-10-18
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