Dead wood
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- In forestry, coarse woody debris is an important part of the ecosystem
- In gardening dead wood refers to dead branches, sometimes previous years growths, which can often be removed.
- In organizations dead wood refers to non-contributing members, usually of longer standing, by analogy with plants.
- In comedy terms, dead wood means a straight man in a comedy partnership that the more flamboyant character plays off (such as Ernie Wise from Morecambe & Wise).
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