CODIT
Abbreviation for Compartmentalization of Decay in Trees, a concept advocated by Alex Shigo and colleagues in which there are said to be four barriers to the spread of decay in trees. Barrier (iv), also known as the barrier zone, is the most effective in confining decay.
This definition is abridged from A – Z of tree terms: A companion to British arboriculture.
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