A type of wood which provides structural solidity to a tree.
2019 November 5, David R. Brubaker, When the Center Does Not Hold: Leading in an Age of Polarization, Fortress Press, →ISBN, page 91:
... of stress wood, trees can grow quickly but cannot sustain the growth and so cannot support themselves fully. The trees were not able to buffer themselves from normal conditions. They needed the wind as a stressor to prepare them to[…]
2021 January 13, Jesikah Sundin, Transitions, Forest Tales Publishing, →ISBN:
... of stress wood. Stress wood helps a tree position itself for optimal sun absorption and it also helps trees grow more solidly. Without stress wood, a tree can grow quickly, but it cannot support itself fully. It cannot withstand normal[…]
