Yes, it is called a burl.
gnarl
gnarl
A knot , or where a knot forms and a new part branches out, a burl.
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The cause of a knot in your timber is due to a branch growing on the trunk before it was cut down and seasoned.
Tree. The branch is the hand, the tree is the body, the bark is the skin.
An oak tree branch and an olive tree branch.
gnarl
A Branch. A knot is formed in wood where a branch grows, and the larger branch or trunk that its growing from grows larger encasing the origin of the branch.
Gnarl
a face knot is where there was originally a branch on the tree
Gnarl is "a rough, knotty protuberance, especially on a tree".
gnarl, burl
It is not a species of tree- it is a tree that has a small hollow where a branch died. Where branches grow, it leaves a round marking in the grain of the wood- a "knot". If the knot falls out, you have a knothole.
I live timber knot is where the branch was still live when the tree was cut down :)
After a tree is processed the area a branch used to be is turned into a knot
Burr.
Gnarl
A knot hole is a hole in a piece of wood where a branch or knot used to be. It can also refer to a hole deliberately made in wood for various purposes, such as for decoration or ventilation.