annual ring

1. 1.

   an annual formation of wood in plants as they grow

   Synonymsgrowth ring

   Broaderorganic phenomenon

Questions about annual ring

What does annual ring mean?

annual ring means "an annual formation of wood in plants as they grow".

What is another word for annual ring?

Close synonyms include growth ring. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is annual ring a common word?

annual ring is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.