Assertion: acacia's wood | /r/HasProperty | resistant
Facets:
value: to termites
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: to decay
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: This wood is resistant to decay because the tree deposits in the heartwood many waste substances which are preservatives and render the wood unpalatable to insects making the wood dense and difficult to be penetrated by water and other decay agents.
text: The wood of the whistling thorn, although usually small in diameter, is hard and resistant to termites.
text: One researcher has noted, “This wood is resistant to decay because the tree deposits in the heartwood many waste substances which are preservatives and render the wood unpalatable to insects making the wood dense and difficult to be penetrated by water and other decay agents.
text: The wood of the whistling thorn, although usually small in diameter, is hard and resistant to termites.