growth ring

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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.
    1. Any of the concentric rings formed in the trunk of a tree by the annual growth of wood.
      Synonyms: tree ring, annual ring

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