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• Wood — /wood/, n. 1. Grant, 1892 1942, U.S. painter. 2. Leonard, 1860 1927, U.S. military doctor and political administrator. * * * I Hard, fibrous material formed by the accumulation of secondary xylem produced by the vascular cambium. It is the… …   Universalium

• Oak (wine) — Oak Wine Barrels The use of oak plays a significant role in winemaking and can have a profound effect on the resulting wine, affecting the color, flavor, tannin profile and texture of the wine. Oak can come into contact with wine in the form of a …   Wikipedia

• Oak Hill Wood — is a Local Nature Reserve, Borough Grade I, in East Barnet, London. It is owned by the London Borough of Barnet and managed by the London Wildlife Trust. It is an ancient woodland, dominated by pedunculate oak, hornbeam and ash. A shrub layer… …   Wikipedia

• Oak Park, Minot, North Dakota — Oak Park is a park and surrounding neighborhood in the Souris Valley in Minot, North Dakota. The wooded park is over 50 acres in size[1]. In addition to the namesake oak trees, ash and elm trees are other common trees found in the park[2]. The… …   Wikipedia

• Wood pasture — is a historical European land management system in which open woodland provided shelter and forage for grazing animals, particularly sheep and cattle, as well as woodland products such as timber for construction and fuel, coppiced stems for… …   Wikipedia

• oak|en — «OH kuhn», adjective. 1. made of oak wood: »the old oaken bucket. 2. Figurative. sturdy as an oak; solid: »... a splendidly oaken characterization (Dan Sullivan). ... the family farmer an oaken citizen (John Kenneth Galbraith). 3. consisting of… …   Useful english dictionary

• Oak — Quercus redirects here. For other uses, see Quercus (disambiguation). This article is about oaks (Quercus). For other uses of Oak , see Oak (disambiguation). Oak Foliage and acorns of Quercus robur …   Wikipedia

• wood — wood1 woodless, adj. /wood/, n. 1. the hard, fibrous substance composing most of the stem and branches of a tree or shrub, and lying beneath the bark; the xylem. 2. the trunks or main stems of trees as suitable for architectural and other… …   Universalium

• Wood economy — The existence of a wood economy, or more correctly, a forest economy (since in many countries a bamboo economy predominates), is a prominent matter in many developing countries as well as in many other nations with temperate climate and… …   Wikipedia

• wood — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. forest, grove, timber, copse, coppice, thicket, spinny, bosque, bois; woods, woodland; board, plank, log, lumber. See materials. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Wooden] Syn. woodlike, made of wood, hard;… …   English dictionary for students

• oak — n. 1 any tree or shrub of the genus Quercus usu. having lobed leaves and bearing acorns. 2 the durable wood of this tree, used esp. for furniture and in building. 3 (attrib.) made of oak (oak table). 4 a heavy outer door of a set of university… …   Useful english dictionary