wound sealant
A paint to protect pruning wounds on trees from fungal infection. Wound sealants were formerly fashionable but are now recommended in BS 3998: 2010 only if applied soon after wounding and where the risk is high of infection by fresh-wound pathogens such as silver leaf disease.
This definition is abridged from A – Z of tree terms: A companion to British arboriculture.
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