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'''Wood''' is a stiff [[:Category:Materials|building material]] made from [[tree]]s.  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.

'''Wood''' is a stiff [[:Category:Materials|building material]] made from [[tree]]s.  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>

==Trees Used for Wood==

==Trees Used for Wood==

* [[Myrtle]]

* [[Myrtle]]

==See Also==

==See also==

* [[Construction]]: [[Carpenter]]

* [[Construction]]: [[Carpenter]]

* [[Logging]]

* [[Logging]]

* [[Tools]]: [[Saw]], [[Chain saw]], [[Mill#Sawmill|Sawmill]], [[Tools for Survival]]

* [[Tools]]: [[Saw]], [[Chain saw]], [[Mill#Sawmill|Sawmill]], [[Tools for Survival]]

==External Links==

==External links==

* [http://www.thewoodexplorer.com/ The Wood Explorer: A comprehensive database of commercial wood species]

* [http://www.thewoodexplorer.com/ The Wood Explorer: A comprehensive database of commercial wood species]

* [http://www.apawood.org/level_b.cfm?content=prd_main APA&nbsp;– The Engineered Wood Association]

* [http://www.apawood.org/level_b.cfm?content=prd_main APA&nbsp;– The Engineered Wood Association]

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[[Category : Trees]]

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[[Category : Forestry]]

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[[Category : Manufacturing]]

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[[Category : Construction]]

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[[Category : Saws]]

[[Category:Saws]]

[[Category : Permaculture]]

[[Category:Permaculture]]

[[Category : Materials]]

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