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NALT Full

Preferred term

curly-grained wood

Type

Topic

Definition

Wood in which the fibers are distorted so that they have a curled appearance, as in "birdseye" wood. The areas showing curly grain may vary up to several inches in diameter.
Source: Forest Products Laboratory. 1999. Wood handbook—Wood as an engineering material. Gen. Tech. Rep. FPL–GTR–113. Madison, WI: U.S.D.A, Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory. 463 p.
Type: Concept definition

Broader concept

grain and figure

Related concepts

birds-eye wood

In other languages

madera de fibra rizada

Spanish

URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/314640

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