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wood fiber [2 records]

Record 1 2008-08-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Wood Products
  • Raw Materials (Pulp and Paper)
CONT

A material in which the wood is reduced to predominantly individual fibres by mechanical or chemical means, or a combination of the two.

Key term(s)
  • wood fiber

French

Domaine(s)
  • Produits du bois
  • Matières premières (Pâtes et papier)
DEF

Matériau obtenu par réduction du bois suivant un procédé mécanique ou chimique ou par la combinaison des deux.

Spanish

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Record 2 2002-10-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Xylology (The Study of Wood)
CONT

Fiber: A general term of convenience for any long, narrow cell of wood or bast, other than vessel elements and parenchyma ... Often qualified as wood fibers (i.e. of the xylem) and bast fibers (of the phloem), the former including both the tracheids of Gymnospermae and the libriform wood-fibers and fiber-tracheids of woody Angiospermae.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Xylologie (Étude des bois)
DEF

Cellule longue et étroite, autre que les éléments de vaisseau et de parenchyme, disposée parallèlement à l'axe de l'arbre.

OBS

Sont comprises dans les fibres du bois, les trachéides des conifères et des feuillus.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Xilología (Estudio de la madera)
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