"growth ring" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: growth rings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} growth ring (plural growth rings)
  1. A circular structure that forms as a living thing ages that is used or counted to estimate the age of the living thing. Synonyms: tree ring, annual ring
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  2. A circular structure that forms as a living thing ages that is used or counted to estimate the age of the living thing.
    Any of the concentric rings formed in the trunk of a tree by the annual growth of wood.
    Synonyms: tree ring, annual ring Related terms: dendrochronology
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