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Boucherie process
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English
Wood preservation#Boucherie process
Etymology
Developed by Dr. Boucherie of France in 1838.
Proper noun
1
A wood preservation technique that involves attaching a bag or container of preservative solution to a standing or freshly cut tree with bark, branches, and leaves still attached, thereby injecting the liquid into the sap stream. Through transpiration of moisture from the leaves the preservative is drawn upward through the sapwood of the trunk.
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