puuaines

Finnish

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Definitions
  • (technical) wood, timber substance making up the central part of the trunk and branches of a tree

Etymology

Affix from Finnish puu (tree, wood, timber, wooden, of wood, log) + Finnish aines (constituent, material, ingredient).

Origin

Finnish

aines

Gloss

constituent, material, ingredient

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