growth ring

1. A circular structure that forms as a living thing ages that is used or counted to estimate the age of the living thing.

2. A circular structure that forms as a living thing ages that is used or counted to estimate the age of the living thing.

   Any of the concentric rings formed in the trunk of a tree by the annual growth of wood.

   an annual formation of wood in plants as they grow

1. After cutting down the tree, we counted the growth rings to see how old it was.

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2. We counted the growth rings on the tree that we cut down and found out that it was thirty years old.

   ruМы сосчитали годовые кольца на дереве, которое мы срубили, и определили, что ему было тридцать лет. — Selena777

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3. You can tell the age of a tree from the growth rings on a saw cut.

   deDas Alter eines Baumes kann man anhand der Jahresringe auf dem Sägeschnitt bestimmen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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