wood

     

Woo is hard, fibrous, lignified structural tissue produced as secondary xylem in the stems of woody plants, notably trees but also shrubs. It conducts water to the leaves and other growing tissues and acts as a support function, enabling plants to reach large sizes. Wood may also refer to other plant materials and tissues with comparable properties.

Trivia about wood

  • Hersheypark's new "Wildcat" rollercoaster is a blast from the past; it's made of this material
  • Appropriately, the statuette presented to Edgar Bergen was made out of this
  • It's the traditional gift for a fifth wedding anniversary, so don't "knock" it
  • (Jimmy of the Clue Crew) In 1922 Ralph Samuelson invented waterskiing using 15-pound skis made of this, they've evolved since then
  • "People love chopping" this, Einstein said, because "one immediately sees the results"
  • Arbo is tree & this tree material is ligno
  • Built in 1892 but with a hull still made of this, the 300-foot Frank O'Connor sank in Lake Michigan in 1919
  • The "Mona Lisa" isn't oil on canvas but oil on this
  • Chinese astrology has 5 classical elements, each associated with a planet; knock this when you think Jupiter
  • Robert Frost:"Two roads diverged in a yellow ____"
  • Tecumseh on "Cheers"
  • Samuel A. Robb's original "Old Chief Stogie"
  • Few examples remain of China's early architecture because most of it was made of this material
  • The first 4 letters of xylophone refer etymologically to this material used to make its sounding bars
  • Napier Lane on Telegraph Hill is the only surviving S.F. street still made of this stuff; lots of it went in 1906
  • 16th c. German sculptor Tilman Riemenschneider worked some in stone but mainly in this
  • Hautboy, an old word for oboe, comes from the French name Hautbois, which means "high" this