Usually means: Growth layers in tree trunks.
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  1. annual ring: Merriam-Webster
  2. annual ring: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. annual ring: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. annual ring: Collins English Dictionary
  5. annual ring: Vocabulary.com
  6. annual ring: Wiktionary
  7. annual ring: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. annual ring: Dictionary.com
  9. annual ring: Rhymezone
  10. annual ring: FreeDictionary.org
  11. annual ring: Mnemonic Dictionary
  12. annual ring: TheFreeDictionary.com
  13. annual ring: Merriam-Webster

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  1. annual ring: Encyclopedia

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  1. Botanical Terms (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (annual ring)

▸ noun:  The layer of wood, observed as one of many concentric rings when cut, formed during one year of a plant's growth

Similar:
growth ring, tree ring, double annulus, single annulus, annulus, medullary ray, annular zone, circination, fairy ring, cycle, more...

Opposite:
nonannual, irregular, non-periodic

Phrases:
annual growth ring, more...

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Similar:
growth ring, tree ring, double annulus, single annulus, annulus, medullary ray, annular zone, circination, fairy ring, cycle, more...

Opposite:
nonannual, irregular, non-periodic

Phrases:
annual growth ring, more...



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