ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun
1. : the portion of each annual ring of wood that develops largely early in the growing season and is softer, more porous, and lighter in weight than the adjoining summerwood because of its higher proportion of larger and thinner-walled cells — called also earlywood ; compare summerwood
2. : a thicket of young trees