Home › Words › S › summerwoodsummerwoodsummerwood means the wood in a tree's growth ring formed later in the growing season, when growth is less rapid.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, summerwood ranks #13,958 of 42,747 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom summer + wood.nounThe wood in a tree's growth ring formed later in the growing season, when growth is less rapid.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.springwood 81% match — The wood in a tree's growth ring formed earlier in the growing season, when growth is more rapid, thus composed of wider elements and usually lighter in colour. vs summerwood →earlywood 74% match — Wood formed in a tree relatively early in the season. vs summerwood →stemwood 60% match — The wood of the stem of a tree vs summerwood →alburnum 56% match — sapwood; the soft, newer wood in the trunk of a tree found between the bark and the hardened heartwood. vs summerwood →heartwood 55% match — The wood nearer the heart of a stem or branch, different in color from the sapwood. vs summerwood →woodflesh 55% match — The substance making up the central part of the trunk and branches of a tree, wood. vs summerwood →sapwood 55% match — The wood just under the bark of a stem or branch; it differs from the heartwood in color and in physiologic activity (flow of sap). vs summerwood →branchwood 55% match — The wood that makes up the branches of a tree vs summerwood →