单词 | frost crack |
释义 | > as lemmasfrost crack frost crack n. a crack or split caused by the stress created as a material freezes; spec. a vertical split in a tree trunk; cf. frost split n. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > tree or woody plant > characterized by quality or health > [noun] > damaged or injured > frost-damaged part frost crack1798 frost ring1896 1798 C. Marshall Introd. Knowl. & Pract. Gardening (ed. 2) xx. 407 Frost-cracks in beds, fill up with sifted mould. 1894 H. M. Ward Laslett's Timber & Timber Trees (ed. 2) iv. 61 An expansion may result at a certain stage of the freezing of the inner woody cylinder, and the consequence is a frost-crack. 1960 P. J. Kramer & T. T. Kozlowski Physiol. Trees xvi. 490 Frost cracks are more common in forest trees than in orchard trees. 2004 Backwoods Home Mag. Jan. 86/3 Vertical frost cracks tend to develop with extremely low temperatures and water-stressed trees. < as lemmas |
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