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