Heartwood

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The older, nonliving central wood of a tree or woody plant, usually darker and harder than the younger sapwood. Also called duramen.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The wood nearer the heart of a stem or branch, different in color from the sapwood
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The hard, central part of the trunk of a tree, consisting of the old and matured wood, and usually differing in color from the outer layers. It is technically known as duramen, and distinguished from the softer sapwood or alburnum.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The central wood in the trunk of an exogenous tree; duramen.
  • n. The Tasmanian ironwood, Notelæa ligustrina, the hard, close-grained wood of which is used for turning.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. the older inactive central wood of a tree or woody plant; usually darker and denser than the surrounding sapwood
  • Antonym
    sapwood    alburnum   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    wood   
    Variant
    duramen   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    duramen   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    cambium    discolouration    sapwood    black gum    undecaying    shagbark    if'n    doxan    zh    liftea