pycnoxylic

English

Etymology

From pycno- +‎ xylic.

Adjective

pycnoxylic (not comparable)

1. (botany, of wood) Compact, dense with small rays of xylem, and not having much pith or cortex.

   Coordinate term: manoxylic

   • 1991, Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Earth sciences, page 122:

     The significance of pycnoxylic versus manoxylic organisation of wood is still not well understood. Pycnoxylic wood is a primitive feature of progymnosperms with regard to manoxylic wood with wide and high rays.