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I can rework the quoted section if you want, but it was on the page previously, and I really can't improve on the description. Sanderson gave us a perfect and concise description on this one.
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KalynaAnne (talk | contribs) (I can rework the quoted section if you want, but it was on the page previously, and I really can't improve on the description. Sanderson gave us a perfect and concise description on this one.) |
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'''Stumpweight''' is a
== Description ==
{{quote|Knobby and about as tall as a man, they grew leaves only on their leeward sides, running down the length of the tree like rungs on a ladder, waving in the cool breeze. As Kal got close, the large, bannerlike leaves snapped up close to the trunks, making a series of whipping sounds.|{{book ref|sa1|37}}|}} ▼
== Uses ==
▲{{quote|Knobby and about as tall as a man, they grew leaves only on their leeward sides, running down the length of the tree like rungs on a ladder, waving in the cool breeze. As Kal got close, the large, bannerlike leaves snapped up close to the trunks, making a series of whipping sounds.|{{book ref|sa1|37}}|}}
Wood from the trunks of stumpweight trees is heavy and durable. It is used architecturally to make things like doors. {{book ref|sa2|27}}
The sap from stumpweight trees is important in the cultivation of [[lavis]] polyps. It is mixed with lavis seeds and spread across the hills during the seasons following the weeping when the highstorms are weaker.{{book ref|sa1|4}}
== Trivia ==
Shallan is startled to find a stumpweight trunk in the chasms in the middle of the [[Shattered Plains]] because the region is too cold for them to grow natively.{{book ref|sa2|69}}
== Notes ==
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