gum pocket
gum pocket — phrase
1. a small cavity in the wood of trees or shrubs that fills with sticky gum oozed b
a small cavity in the wood of trees or shrubs that fills with sticky gum oozed by the plant, usually after injury or stress
Dr. Okafor discovered several gum pockets while examining the diseased acacia tree.
The old cherry tree in Esther's garden had gum pockets along its main trunk.
After a late frost split the bark on Ava's apricot tree, amber gum pockets formed along the wounded trunk.
The foreman at Imran's timber yard rejected the oak planks because dark gum pockets marred the grain.
A large gum pocket in Kenji's old elm weakened a lower branch until it snapped during the storm.
- resin pocket
used specifically for coniferous trees, where the cavity contains resin rather than gum
- gum spot
a smaller, often surface-level blemish on fruit or bark; less severe than a full gum pocket