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'''Wood''' is ''the hard fibrous substance consisting basically of [[xylem]] that makes up the greater part of the stems, branches, and roots of trees or shrubs beneath the bark and is found to a limited extent in herbaceous plants''<ref>[http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wood Merriam-Webster: ''wood'']</ref>. Wood is used primarily in [[carpentry]], though it may also be used in creating homes, crosses, or for making a [[fire]]. Depending on the kind of tree the wood came from, the wood will have different properties.
'''Wood''' is a stiff building material made from trees. The Merriam Webster dictionary defines wood as "the hard fibrous substance consisting basically of [[xylem]] that makes up the greater part of the stems, branches, and roots of trees or shrubs beneath the bark and is found to a limited extent in herbaceous plants."<ref>[http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wood Merriam-Webster: ''wood'']</ref>. Wood is used primarily in [[carpentry]], though it may also be used in creating homes, crosses, or for making a [[fire]]. Depending on the kind of tree the wood came from, the wood will have different properties.
Most wood used for making things comes from trees; [[bamboo]] (considered by taxonomists to be a kind of [[grass]]) is an exception. In the works of [[Chaucer]], "tree" is used as a synonym for wood<ref>See ''For, well ye know, a lord in his household / Hath not every vessel all of gold / Some are of tree, and do their lord service.'' from the Wife of Bath's prologue - text at [http://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/2383/pg2383.html Project Gutenberg]</ref>.
Most wood used for making things comes from trees; [[bamboo]] (considered by taxonomists to be a kind of [[grass]]) is an exception. In the works of [[Chaucer]], "tree" is used as a synonym for wood<ref>See ''For, well ye know, a lord in his household / Hath not every vessel all of gold / Some are of tree, and do their lord service.'' from the Wife of Bath's prologue - text at [http://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/2383/pg2383.html Project Gutenberg]</ref>.