NALT

Preferred term

flat-grained wood

Topic

Lumber that has been sawn parallel to the pith and approximately tangent to the growth rings. Lumber is considered flat grained when the annual growth rings make an angle of less than 45 degrees with the surface of the piece.

grain and figure

flat-grained lumber
flat-sawn wood
plain-sawn wood
side-grained wood

Field 001 in MARC Authority Format

87243

Spanish

madera de grano plano

URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/314672

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Created 3/7/18, last modified 11/14/18